Last Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Escambia County Commissioner Robert Bender to be the county’s interim Supervisor of Elections. The first time the public got any hint Bender was interested in the…
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Breaking: Bender appointed Supervisor of Elections
Press Release: Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Robert Bender as Escambia County Supervisor of Elections TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Robert Bender as Escambia County Supervisor of…
Real News: Movies, Mardi Gras and more
On Apple TV+, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are once again revisiting WWII with the limited series “Masters of The Air,” about the Air Force bomber group known as The Bloody Hundredth….
Remembering Bobby
On “Real News,” we often talk about Sena Maddison’s great-uncle, a WWII pilot killed on a bombing mission. This article was first published in Inweekly on Nov. 11, 2010 Missing WWII Pilot…
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 only 2,606 students – a 20% loss….
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 over the previous school year and a…
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 & Light Company (FPL) has donated $ 5,000…
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 with the name “District Fire Department?” This…
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 for single-family existing homes in December was…
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 District 4 County Commissioner Robert Bender. If…
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? Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons provides an…
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 Center for Girls, who are enduring the…