Category: News
Escambia’s shrinking Class of 2023
When the 2023 high school graduation class started high school in 2019, the ninth grade had 3,215 students. Four years later, the 12th grade had…
Daily Outtakes: Escambia graduation rate falls, while state rises
On Monday, the Florida Department of Education announced that the state’s 2022–23 high school graduation rate climbed to 88%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points…
Real News: Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
Community Health Northwest Florida’s Chandra Smiley, Dr. Darrell Miller and Sena Maddison discuss the Point-in-Time Count, 340B, and the clinic’s new foundation. Florida Power &…
DeSantis board brags about FD rebrand
It’s hard to believe that anyone would consider this an accomplishment, but we did receive this press release. How hard was it to come up…
By the Numbers: December Housing Prices
©2024 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. The industry group Florida Realtors released a report showing the statewide median sales price…
Daily Outtakes: Pensacola Polka
There’s plenty of buzz about who will be Escambia County’s Supervisor of Elections. The names getting the most talk are former mayor Grover Robinson and…
Real News – 1/24/24
District 4 County Commissioner Robert Bender recaps the Jan. 23 Board of County Commissioners meeting. How did the discussion of Owens’ legal bills play out?…
FPL, Valerie’s House help Pace Center
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has joined forces with Valerie’s House to foster hope and renewed dreams for girls and young women at Pace…
Santa Rosa names Teacher of the Year
Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Barber, Santa Rosa School Board Members, and members of the Santa Rosa Education Foundation announced Christal Bennett as…
City pushes back on red light conspiracies
On “Real News” yesterday, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves reiterated that the red light camera initiative is a pilot program. “As we’ve said from the beginning,…
Daily Outtakes: Real News 1-23-24
Open Books’ Scott Satterwhite discusses the successful Grownups Book Fair at Odd Colony. The 2nd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Event on January 24, 2024, from 5-7…
Jan. 23 presser notes
Mayor’s Presser: City conveys interest in John A. Gibson school building By Tom St. Myer At his weekly press conference, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced the…
Salzman campaign reports questioned
The campaign treasurer for State Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Cantonment, received a letter on Jan. 4 from the office of Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd…
Real News: Andrade, Basketball and Double Bridge
State Rep. Alex Andrade discusses HB 109, which concerns cities converting public schools to charters. He also examines an amendment that would force shrinking school…
Owens wants taxpayers to cover his legal bills
Tomorrow morning, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will discuss former District 2 aide Jonathan Owens’ request for the taxpayers to pay for his…
Daily Outtakes: Century out of luck
If the Century Town Council was counting on the Escambia Children’s Trust to help the Urban Development Center pay back its loan ($41K), it’s not…
Real News: Rudman bill passes House
From The News Service of Florida: The Florida House on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would allow courts to require that parents who share…
Real News 1-18-24
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will be hosting the third annual Fish Fest fan experience at Blue Wahoos Stadium today from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Bill…
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis overlooks Escambia School District
Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that more than $35 million in funding from the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program will be allocated to Florida…
Pen America discusses Escambia book ban
In an important victory for students, parents, authors, and the First Amendment, on Jan. 12, Federal Judge T. Kent Wetherell rejected a bid to dismiss…
