The Escambia and Santa Rosa County courthouses will close at 1 p.m. today due to the incoming severe weather. The Walton County courthouse will close at 3 p.m. Okaloosa County courthouses will…
Category: Escambia County
Daily Outtakes: Severe Weather Day
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties face an enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms this afternoon and into the evening. In the thunderstorms, wind gusts of up to 80 mph are possible….
Daily Outtakes: Who drove up 401a legal bills—not the BCC
Former city council member Sherri Myers is upset about the costly litigation regarding the 401a plan. The issue could have been resolved two years ago, but the county clerk bogged down the…
401a owed FRS, not Childers
Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers jumped the gun when she sent a letter to the county demanding payments from the commissioners enrolled in the 401a plan. Judge William Stone made it clear…
Daily Outtakes: Other 401a participants unlawful
County Clerk Pam Childers has sent a letter demanding the Escambia County Commissioners immediately repay the contributions she made to the county’s local retirement plan (401a) in the wake of Judge William…
Daily Outtakes: Infant dies every 12 days
The Sun Sentinel has begun a series that looks at Florida’s high infant mortality rate – “Born to Die.” Over the past decade, Escambia County has averaged one infant dying every 12…
Daily Outtakes: 10-24 record (updated)
Note: After reviewing the bills again, I missed a bill that Andrade had passed by both chambers and the laid on the table was done to replace it with the Senate version…
Florida Gen Z leader speaking in Pensacola on March 20
Florida Gen Z leader and organizer Jayden D’Onofrio will speak at an event hosted by Emerald Coast Equality on Wednesday, March 20 from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at 75 S. Tarragona…
Salzman fought for Dozier survivors
The White House Boys — men who were raped, beaten and tortured as children at the state-run Dozier School for Boys in Marianna – will receive compensation for their suffering after the…
Updated purchase agreement of OLF-8
Beulah TownCenter, LLC yesterday submitted a proposed purchase agreement for 290 acres of Outlying Landing Field 8 in the Beulah community, adjacent to Navy Federal Credit Union’s campus. The developer agrees to…
Bergosh has new environmental project for Perdido Key
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. Escambia County Commissioner Jeff discussed how the Army Corps of Engineers dredges from the Intercoastal Waterway every three to five years. He has…
Sun Belt basketball chaimpionships start 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
]The 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships will take place March 5-11 at the Pensacola Bay Center, with all 14 Sun Belt institutions competing in the single-elimination…
Top Five News Stories, week ended 3/2/24
1. Pensacola Becomes US Sailing Capital Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves and American Magic Skipper Terry Hutchison signed the lease, making the Port of Pensacola the home of American Magic for the next…
Sun Belt basketball teams look for momentum for Pensacola games
App State can claim the outright Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball regular-season crown with a home victory Friday night, but will have to do so against one of the league’s hottest teams,…
Probable cause found in ethics complaint against Underhill’s aide
On March 8, the Florida Commission on Ethics will consider the probable cause finding regarding a complaint against former County Commissioner Doug Underhill’s aide, Jonathan Owens. Last summer, the county learned that…
Alabama ruling impacts Pensacola women
Last month, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that couples who tried in vitro fertilization (IVF) and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a facility in Mobile, Ala., can sue under the…
Daily Outtakes: Why was Gilley fired
The PNJ has posted online reporter Jim Little’s coverage of the civil trial regarding the legality of the Escambia County commissioners’ 401a retirement plan. While the article calls the plan “lucrative,” it…
Real News 2/26/24
The kindergarten readiness rate is 49.5% in Escambia County. For 2022, it was 45%. Shannon Nickinson began the Studer Community Institute’s early brain development work with our hospitals in 2018. Those infants…
Daily Outtakes: FloridaWest needs friends
The board of FloridaWest, Escambia County’s economic development authority, wants to add more private sector partners to fully implement its strategic plan, which was developed two years ago. The board voted to…
Top Five News Stories – week ended 2/24/24
Arrested Pensacola teen linked to nationwide Nazi network Raw Story reporter Jordan Green wrote about the four Pensacola white teenagers who last summer were collectively charged with 18 felonies involving attacks on…
