Category: News
City Attorney sends out weird letter on Invocation issue
Pensacola City Council Executive Don Kraher asked City Attorney Lysia Bowling for her opinion on the invocations at the council meetings. Her reply is gobbledygook…
Rep. Jolly and 50 Causes Ride tackle suicide prevention [podcast]
The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed Congressman David Jolly’s (FL-13) bipartisan legislation which would reauthorize one of the nation’s largest commitments to youth suicide…
2016 Saenger Classic Movies Announced
The votes have been tallied, triple checked and the selections have been made following the Pensacola News Journal survey for the Saenger Classic Movie Series….
Popular radio host Branden Rathert in Columbia, MO
Whatever happened to Branden Rathert, the award-winning afternoon drive host for News Radio 1620? Rathert is the Morning Host of “Wake Up Columbia” at KSSZ…
Politifact catches both presidential candidates in false statements
PolitiFact, an independent fact-checking journalism website, has taken a look at Hillary Clinton’s statements regarding her emails and matched it against the FBI head James…
Charlotte’s Web creators fight for Florida license
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA More than two years after lawmakers legalized a limited type of medical marijuana, an administrative law judge…
Breaking news: Papantonio wins $5.1M verdict against Dupont
An Ohio federal jury on today awarded $5.1 million to a cancer survivor, David Freeman, who alleged DuPont’s chemical dumping into the river that separates…
Sherri Myers to be honored
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers will be honored at the Center for Independent Living’s 2016 Annual Awards & Volunteer Recognition Luncheon. Myers will be presented with…
Escambia BCC discusses Local Option Gas Tax and Escambia Co. Jail on July 14
A special Board of County Commissioners Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at 9 a.m. to discuss issues concerning the Local Option Gas…
Move to Amend meets July 14
Northwest Florida Move to Amend will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. on July 14 at the United Way Conference Room, 6479-A Caroline St,…
Evers gives away chances to shoot a machine gun
State Sen. Greg Evers, running in a crowded Republican primary for a Northwest Florida congressional seat, will hold a fund-raising event where donors can pay…
Who is Matt Gaetz? [podcast]
Listen to how Matt Gaetz handled the GOP Congressional debate that was held on July 24.
FDEP and NOAA to hold meeting on $11M Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will hold a community meeting on the Pensacola…
Miller proposes bill to protect VA whistleblowers
Yesterday, Chairman Jeff Miller introduced H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016. The bill would strengthen protections for whistleblowers and…
Five Questions for Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Hours after a gunman killed 49 clubgoers and injured more than 50 others in his city, Orlando…
Jacksonville lands Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz USA, a division of Daimler AG, will move an engineering division from New Jersey to Florida, adding about 50 jobs to the company’s Jacksonville…
Catholic HEART Workcamp comes to Brownsville
Over 100 teens from across the country will participate in a week-long Catholic HEART Workcamp (CHWC) July 18-22. The participants will be housed at Gulf…
Escambia County launches new website
Escambia County today announced the launch of a newly-designed website. The revamped site was created to provide a user-friendly experience that makes it easier than…
PETA honors Pensacola Police Department
A Compassionate Police Department Award is on its way from PETA to the Pensacola Police Department after officers rushed to save a puppy who was…
Gas prices drop, cheapest July 4 weekend in 11 years
Average retail gasoline prices in Pensacola have fallen 2.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.24/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of…
