Rubio: Supreme Court at stake in his race

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio made a campaign stop at The Sandshaker Lounge on Saturday. His focus was to urge his supporters to get out the…

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Escambia County sets early voting record

By the time early voting closed on Saturday, 92,824 Escambia County residents had voted: Mail (36,608) Early Vote (56,174) Provisional (42) According to Supervisor of…

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More than five million votes cast in Florida

More than 5.2 million Floridians have already cast ballots in Tuesday’s elections, with Republicans and Democrats split almost evenly, according to information posted Friday morning…

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Workforce housing meeting cancelled

From Escambia County: Workforce Housing Community Meeting The upcoming community discussion on 20 potential developments of workforce housing properties under the Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s…

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Florida Election Supervisor keeps Zombie voters in check [podcast]

Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford discussed the reliability of the voting process in Escambia County and Florida. He agreed that since the 2000…

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Child abuse cases continue to rise, DCF impotent

In August, an Escambia County grand jury indicted Alonzo Dewayne Thompkins, Jr., 26, for first-degree felony murder in the death of toddler Cornelius Savage. On…

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Jean Wallace receives Florida Scenic Highway award

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Florida Scenic Highways Program (FSHP) honored Jean Wallace, Scenic Highway Foundation Vice President, with the Gary Balogh Inspiring Excellence Award…

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Over 5,000 vote on first day of early voting in Escambia County

According to the Supervisor of Elections’ website, 5,128 people voted on the first day of early voting – GOP 2519, DEM 2014, Other 595. Mail-in…

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Workforce housing town hall meeting, Oct. 27

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced two weeks ago that he would be presenting a workforce housing plan to Pensacola City Council in November. Other than…

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City of Pensacola has $24 million in bank for VT MAE hangar

Last week, the Mayor Ashton Hayward’s staff gave the Pensacola City Council and Escambia Board of County Commissioners an accounting on the funds for VT…

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Escambia County employees on Day of Caring

Nearly 60 Escambia County employees volunteered Friday, Oct. 14 in support of the United Way Day of Caring, an annual community service effort coordinated by…

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Over 7,000 votes already cast in Escambia County [podcast]

The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections reports that 7,471 mail-in ballots have been received by his office as of Oct. 12. The split is REP…

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