The robot nicknamed WALL-E, which is being credited with aiding in the peaceful end of an eight-hour standoff Thursday morning in Cantonment, has quit SWAT and asked to be transferred to court…
Category: News
Apple adds breathalyzer APP to iPhones
Apple has a new application for its highly popular iPhone. The App converts the cellular phone to a breathalyzer. Using the tracking chip in the phone, the App determines if you are…
Pensacola hosts USS destroyer…in Mobile
Press Release: The USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) will be commissioned June 4, 2011 at the Alabama State Port Authority docks in a ceremony co-hosted by the City of Pensacola and…
Inweekly server down for maintenance
Crystal Tech, which hosts inweekly.net, is upgrading its servers. Our website should be back up by this afternoon.
Federal Audit: ECUA did not comply with grant requirements
According to a recently released audit, ECUA only spent $1.09 million of a $149.2 million federal grant for Main Street Wastewater Relocation Project with minority-owned contractors and only $4.9 million with women-owned…
Thomas: No plan to cut SROs
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas called to say the rumors of him reducing School Resource Officers aren’t true. The District is negotiating its contract with the sheriff’s office. “I intend to put the same…
Reply to blocking Rick’s Blog
I received this email from the school district this afternoon: “Ricksblog.biz is not blocked; however, if RicksBlog.biz contains an entry that includes any key/inappropriate word then that entry is blocked for our…
Buzz: Thomas may reduce or remove SROs
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas was overheard this past week discussing the school resource officers. He said that he was considering reducing the number of SROs or eliminating them entirely from schools. Budget will…
School property remains vacant
NorthEscambia reports the Carver/Century K-8 School, which the school district closed in May 2009, remains empty. After two years, the Escambia County School District has been unable to find a buyer for…
Escambia: unhealthy place
WEAR TV 3 reports: In the Annual County Health Rankings put out by the University of Wisconsin, Escambia ranks 47th out of 67 counties for the second year in a row. Okaloosa…
Okaloosa sheriff’s employees get sentenced
Daily News: Okaloosa County sheriff’s employees Mike Coup, Sandra Norris and David Yacks were sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday for their roles in the agency’s bonus kickback scan… more.
Buzz: Rick’s Blog blocked by School District
The Escambia County Public School District has now blocked my blog on its server. Apparently criticism will not be tolerated.
Actress Grace Zabriskie to visit UWF April 3
Press Release: Actress Grace Zabriskie will visit the University of West Florida as the College of Arts and Sciences “Artist in Residence†on Sunday. Zabriskie will speak on “Living the Creative Life. 
BP admits to losing 13,000 claimants’ info
BP has admitted to losing a laptop that contained the details of thousands of people who had made claims following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident. The personal details included names, addresses,…
Bergosh blames media (me) for Tate furor
School Board member Jeff “Godzilla” Bergosh sees the Tate sexual battery as “Rock’em, Sock ’em Robots.” He believes that Tate officials did no wrong and criticizes the School Resource Officer for not…
House bill wipes out most consumer protections
The Florida House leadership, of course, has a different, grander purpose for its vast deregulation bill, HB 5005. They say they are after “Job-killing regulations.” What do they want to stop? Auto…
Buzz: Lumon May running for District 3
Lumon May is working hard behind the scenes in preparing his announcement for his candidacy for Escambia County Commission, District 3. The current commissioner, Marie Young, age 76, has announced her intention…
Manslaughter charges considered for BP managers
The Guardian is reporting that BP executives, including ex-chief executive Tony Hayward, may be charged by US authorities over the lost of lives caused by the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Read more.
Sex Offense not reported to FDOE
As I’ve written on this blog, Florida Department of Education is clear that sex offenses should be reported to the agency and law enforcement. We have suspected that the Escambia Public School…
School District refuses to release info on sex offenses
The Escambia Public School District reported to the Florida Department of Education that it had 17 sex offenses in the 2009-10 school year. Of those incidents, only three –one at PHS, two…