Category: News
Chamber gets two defense grants -$300K
Press Release: Governor Rick Scott announced the awarding of two defense grants to the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The announcement was made at…
Blackwater prison target of federal grand jury
The St. Pete Times reports that the federal grand jury investigation that has gotten the Santa Rosa County Commission upset about TEAM Santa Rosa is…
Escambia Coach had problems at Columbia High
The arrested head football coach of Escambia High School, Scott Anderson, resigned in 2004 as the head coach of Columbia High School after only coaching…
Broxson Seeks Answers from Mediacom
Press Release: Executives of Mediacom have agreed to a town hall meeting to discuss the recent interruptions in programming for the local Fox networks, according…
AG Bondi on audit of GCCF
Press Release: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi Provides Recommendations on the Gulf Coast Claims Facility Audit TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–Advocating on behalf of Floridians who have suffered…
Letter to Feinberg
From Art Rocker, state head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference: As of October 6, 2011, o/a 10:20am, I have had an opportunity to meet…
Victor Steen case settled
Mayor Ashton Hayward has sent the following memo to the Pensacola City Council: The City’s Police Liability Insurance Company has settled the claim of Cassandra…
Buzz: UPS moving to Pensacola Airport
The word I’m getting both here and from friends in Mobile is United Parcel Service (UPS) is moving its regional operations from Mobile to Pensacola….
State Attorney’s subpoena
Here is the copy of the subpoena from State Attorney’s office to the Pensacola Chamber on Ed Schroeder’s emails – 20111006160403668
Hugh King drops out of Democrat primary
The race for Escambia County Commissioner District 3 has seen one life-long Democrat drop his party affiliation and switch to No Party Affiliation (NPA)–Hugh King,…
“Paddle for a Cure†Set for Oct. 8
Bring your paddleboard or anything that floats and join in the fun of the 2011 “Paddle for a Cure†on Saturday, Oct. 8, on Little…
Community rallies for DeLuna Fest
The announcement that headliner Linkin Park had to pull out of the DeLuna Fest hasn’t hurt ticket sales. In fact, the community appears to be…
Bad Lip Reading: Michelle Bachmann
Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann gets the Bad Lip Reading treatment:
Fun and Play with the EPA, or Spill Report Delayed
by Jeremy Morrison— The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force was suppose to emerge Wednesday with a road map toward a brighter day. Instead, we’ll…
Escambia High football coaches arrested
Escambia High assistant coach Timothy Andrew Jansky has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and harassing in a misdemeanor proceeding. According to the…
Buzz: Veolia has brought in union busters
Veolia Transportation, the French corporation that runs the Escambia County Transit System, has flown into Escambia County 25 union-busting bus drivers to work for ECAT…
PSC – Fill the Pantry Drive
Press Release: Pensacola State College invites the greater Pensacola community to participate in its college-wide “Fill the Pantry†food drive to help stock Manna Food…
Mitchells get Golden Brick
The Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) awarded the 2011 Golden Brick Award to Rosie O’Grady’s of Pensacola, Inc. for the significant physical improvements to one…
Another Iraq War veteran commits suicide
I received this email this morning. The name of the suicide victim I have chosen not to use out of respect for him and his…
Environmental group challenges BP whitewash
According to Waterkeeper Alliance, the Gulf communities continue to see impacts of the BP oil spill on a daily basis. Oil continues to wash ashore…



