Few people understand life without a father, other than those whose dads have passed away. I have lived longer without my father than with him. He dead in April 1980 from a…
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City Attorney issues memo on disparity study
City Attorney Jim Messer has sent the Pensacola City Council a memo on a legal perspective on the proposed disparity study. Messer is clear that any race-based program is “presumptively unconstitutional in…
Hayward focuses on neighborhoods
Press Release: Pensacola residents will enjoy a cleaner city and more inviting neighborhoods thanks to a series of initiatives being announced today by Mayor Ashton Hayward. The initiatives are part of Hayward’s…
City of Pensacola: Small and Minority contractor stats
In April 2008, the City contracted with MGT to conduct the review of its Procurement and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program. It wasn’t a disparity study on the magnitude of what Mayor…
Corbett Davis to return to DIB
The owner of Jewelers Trade Shop, Corbett Davis, Jr., has been nominated by Mayor Ashton Hayward, along with Vinyl co-owner Evan Levin, to the Downtown Improvement Board. The Downtown Improvement Board is…
Bubba Watson video
Golfer Bubba Watson and the Golf Boys made this spoof of the boy band videos. The video is the latest in a series by PGA Tour pro and prankster Ben Crane and…
Badlands, Second Season begins
Press Release: The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office along with other agencies, will conduct an “Operation Clean Sweep†event on Thursday, June 16, 2011 in the Montclair Community. The clean-up will begin at…
History of Race in Pensacola
In 2008, we published a cover story by Scott Satterwhite on the history of race in Pensacola ( Pensacola’s 450 Years of Race History). There was a time Pensacola was one of…
Sacred Heart announces $57-million expansion
Sacred Heart Health System President/CEO Laura Kaiser made the announcement today that they would be building a 112-bed facility on their Pensacola campus for adult patients. Forty of the beds will be…
Hayward proposes Legion Field center
Press release: Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is proposing an innovative and cost-effective new approach to the City’s parks, recreation, library, and community center programs with a new “Community Resource Center†he is…
Dylan coming to Pensacola, July 27
– For one night only, the Pensacola Civic Center welcomes Bob Dylan with special guest Leon Russell on July 27th. Tickets on sale Friday, June 17th at 10am. Tickets available at the…
Pensacola State gets downtown marker
Press Release: Pensacola State College invites the community to the unveiling of a Florida Heritage Site Historical Marker honoring the original home of the college. The ceremony is 9 a.m. June 30…
Local competes in pageant formerly known as Junior Miss
Press Release: Caitlin Mosley of Pace arrived in Mobile on Sunday, June 12 to participate in the 54th Distinguished Young Women National Finals. Mosley is one of fifty state representatives competing for…
Buzz: Wave of foreclosures coming
The talk among bankers is that a wave of home foreclosures may hit Pensacola area in the next couple of weeks. As the feds crackdown on the loan portfolios of local banks,…
Pensacola-born jazz star blows his horn
Jazz Saxophonist Antoine Knight played to a packed host in Pensacola this past weekend. Knight grew up in Morris Court and Lincoln Park and graduated from Pine Forest High School 25 years…
FBI investigating Sansom
Daily News reported last week that the FBI and a federal grand jury are investigating former House Speaker Ray Sansom. At least part of the investigation appears to be centered on his…
Guilty Pleasure: Casey Anthony trial
Locals have become entralled with the trial of Casey Anthony–which has become a reality version of “CSI” and “Law & Order.” Watching the trial and the recaps have become guilty pleasures for…
Pensacola makes Huffington Post
Pensacola is the subject of this post by Carolyn Scott, creator, host, writer, ‘The Healthy Voyager’ – Pleasant Pensacola. Scott writes about End of the Line Cafe (“absolutely delighted me” … “phenomenal…
Sick fish?
IN reporter J. Adam Morrison tracked down Dr. Jim Cowan, who has been researching the mysteriously lesions found of Gulf fish. Here is the story Morrison turned in: The tourists seem to…
Why a disparity study?
During the Bulls$%# Decade (2000-2009), the City spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on studies and plans on the inequities of services, facilities and economic opportunity for the African-American community. The Pensacola…