Category: News

Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas has announced that the school district will begin a new training program for deans and principals so that…

The New York Times media columnist David Carr blasted Gannett execs for building their fat paychecks on the back of their workers. Gannett is owner…

Jim and Dorothy Sprague checked Sunday’s Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain and discovered they’d won $4.3 million in the Colorado Lottery. Then they learned the paper had…

St. Pete Times: Gov. Rick Scott’s reluctance to make a legal claim against BP irks a cast of Floridians, including Tampa attorney Steve Yerrid, who…

The Escambia County Public School District administration and the School Board need to recognize that the goals of improving academic performance and reducing student violence…

According the Sunshine State Standards, middle school students are to be taught American History up to 1880. When the get to high school, the American…

In 2007, County Administrator George Touart and Sheriff Ron McNesby devised a plan to deputized the code enforcement officers. While the beefing up code enforcement…

According to WMS parents, the interviews and reports regarding the infamous Becky bus ride don’t tell the whole story. The Becky Bus Ride happened on…

At today’s workshop, Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino proposed letting the code enforcement officers carry concealed weapons.

I love irony. On the PNJ website, next to the story about the Hallmark principal’s DUI arrest are photos and links to GoPensacola.com’s sexiest server…

There are two other medium-size school districts that have high referrals rates to the Department of Juvenile Justice–St. Lucie and Marion. I wanted to see…

The more I dig into crime and violence in Escambia County public schools, the more inconsistencies I find. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice published…