Cantonment Cow strangler on the loose

NorthEscambia.com has the exclusive story of a cow being strangled Monday in the Enon community, off Highway 97-A. The owner of the cow found the…

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Cadillac Banks writes BOCC

Music promoter William “Cadillac” Banks has written the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners asking that the board either fund his two-day music festival that…

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Gulf Coast Restoration meeting tomorrow

Press Release: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, which President Obama has directed by executive order to develop a restoration strategy for the Gulf…

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Budget signing a private event

Current.com reports Gov. Rick Scott’s signing of the state budget at The Villages retirement community was not open to the public, despite being in a…

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Buzz: DIB tickets funeral

The buzz around downtown is the Downtown Improvement Board meter brigade actually ticketed a funeral procession. There is also talk of a possible lawsuit against…

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Escambia Co. improves literacy by 5 pts, Santa Rosa 13 pts.

I am a numbers geek. Looking at the third grade FCAT scores that were released this week, I became curious as to how prepared these…

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Top and Bottom Third Grade Classes, based on 2011 FCAT

Top 10 Third Grade Classes—Three Charter Schools are in the top 10: MATH READING PENSACOLA BEACH CHARTER SCHOOL 100 100 200 BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC….

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Escambia FCAT – Third Grade Math

Three highest performing third grades were at Pensacola Beach Charter (100 percent scoring 3 or above), Byrneville Charter (96 percent) and A.K. Suter (95 percent). …

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Escambia FCAT – Third Grade Reading

The Byrneville and Pensacola Beach charter schools have the highest percentage of student scoring 3 or above. The three most improved schools were Spencer Bibbs…

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FCAT overview – not bad

I’m working out of the office this morning. Looked at the test results for the area school districts. Escambia County matched the state average for…

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Scientists seek truth on BP impact on Gulf

The St. Pete Times covered a meeting at the University of Central Florida on how scientists across the Gulf region are trying to determine the…

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Buzz: Hayward delivers hot water

Yesterday Mayor Ashton Hayward ordered that the hot water be turned on at Pensacola City Hall. Apparently some time ago, former City Manager Al Coby…

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