Category: News
Myers proposes over $2 million in cuts, rollback to 2009 levels
Council member Sherri Myers has proposed $2.05 million in cuts to the FY 2012 City of Pensacola budget, according to an email that she sent…
This day in blog history
A year ago, Marty Donovan and the Tick Tock Gang were looking for somebody to take their anti-Maritime Park Petitions: File under “It never ends .
Why did PNJ place pressure on 3rd graders?
Today’s front-page headline of the Pensacola News Journal states the third graders face “crunch time” because this is the first year that these eight and…
Buzz: Gaddafi dead?
Per Twitter: “Mu’amar Gaddafi, leader of Libya for 42 years, has been shot DEAD in vicinity of Rixos Hotel.” There is no confirmation on any…
Amazing insights into Libya battles
I’ve been following the rebel battles in Tripoli via Al Jazzera and Twitter. Al Jazzera has a live blog from its correspondents. Power and communications…
Go, Judy, go
Press Release: UWF President appointed to NCAA Division II Presidents Council – University of West Florida (UWF) President Judith A. Bense has been elected as…
Gulfport pushes claim to higher ups in BP
Gulfport city officials want to deal only with the higher-ups at BP when it comes to negotiating payments and settlements, and they’ll consider “aggressive litigation 
Real Sports Talk Radio comes to Pensacola
Press Release: that 1450AM (WBSR) is now the new home of ESPN Radio, as 1450 ESPN. The station is Pensacola’s only 24/7 all-sports radio facility,…
Fundraiser for Appetite for Life
In the early morning hours on Thursday August 18th, Appetite 4 Life suffered a major fire. The Arts for AIDS Awareness, Inc. a local non…
Buzz: GLA students coming from all over district
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas promised the public that only students inside the school’s attendance zone (inner-city of Pensacola) would be allowed to attend the new Global…
Let’s don’t jinx it, Irene
Tropical Storm Irene is headed toward Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its heavy rains and winds have closed airports and flooded low-lying areas…
Escambia Public Schools have huge disparties
You have to know where to look for it on the Florida Department of Education website. All the Florida Public School District failed to make…