Category: Escambia County
Top Five Stories of the Week: Lying, Ignoring, Misleading and Lumpy
Based on our web stats, readers spent the most time reading articles about lying former county employees, the state attorney’s cavalier attitude toward Sunshine laws,…
Real News: Winder shooting, Hollice T. Williams, Landrum, American Magic
Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting this morning at Apalachee High School in rural Winder, Ga. Nine people were hospitalized.The suspect…
Beggs Lane encampment on the clock
The homeless population at the Beggs Lane encampment runs the gamut from hard-working, minimum-wage earners to substance abusers to sexual predators. Dozens of stray dogs…
Does State Attorney Madden care about public records?
Will Reynolds of NorthEscambia.com reports this morning about how Century Mayor Luis Gomez, Jr. and city staff refused to fulfill his repeated requests for the…
Daily Outtakes: Jonathan Owens lied, so did Bart Siders
Some media may report that State Attorney Ginger Madden cleared former Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill’s aide of any crime related to the personal text…
Real News: Go Argos, People’s Law, Casino Godfather
The University of West Florida hosts its first home football game of the 2024 season. Will Kennedy has all the details. Pensacola attorney and developer…
Daily Outtakes: Liberis – Godfather of Mississippi casinos
BNews Monthly recognized Pensacola attorney and developer Charles Liberis for his contribution to gambling in Mississippi. The magazine pointed out that Liberis was the catalyst…
Real News: Barry, Reeves, Lumpy and more
Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry likes Pensacola Sports’ proposal to build an indoor sports facility at Ashton Brosnaham Park. Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has returned…
What Escambia County EOC is watching
On “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning, Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore discussed the weather developments that they are watching. “There are…
Aug. 29 Outtakes: Beware of PAC Men
By Rick Outzen Twenty-five years ago, local candidates who ran negative ads often lost their races. Social media platforms hadn’t been created. Mailers were rare,…
$90 million bond issue could build indoor facility and upgrade Bay Center
NorthEscambia.com reported on yesterday’s Tourist Development Council meeting. The TDC heard a proposal to build an indoor sports facility at Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Park…
Daily Outtakes: Mental Health still a problem
This week, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned in an advisory that the mental health crisis is weighing heavily on parents struggling with economic and societal…
