The University of West Florida announced a $250,000 gift from Rhonda and Jerry Maygarden to the Maygarden Family Scholarship Endowment at the UWF Foundation and to name the Jerry Louis Maygarden Undergraduate…
Category: Politics
Real News: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
Commissioner Robert Bender discusses the Florida’s Auditor General’s preliminary findings of its operational audit of the Tourist Development Tax collections. The search warrant of Moscow Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s Pullman, Washington…
Miraflores Burial Ground Study group announced
Mayor D.C. Reeves has selected 10 individuals to serve as the Miraflores Burial Ground Study Community Advisory Group, which will assist the City of Pensacola in the assessment and future commemoration of…
Real News: Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023
Escambia School Superintendent Tim Smiths discusses the drop in graduation rates and the challenges facing children in the post-pandemic world. SNAP (Stop Now and Plan) is a life-changing offered by Lutheran Services…
Auditor releases preliminary findings on TDC collections
Florida’s Auditor General has sent the Escambia Board of County Commissioners (BCC) three preliminary and tentative audit findings with recommendations that may be included in its report on its operational audit of…
Real News: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2023
We Are Perdido is holding a neighborhood meeting to discuss incorporating the Perdido area. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, at Liberty Church, 2221 S. Blue…
Real News: Monday, Jan. 16, 2023
Escambia County Commissioner Mike Kohler discusses the Living the Dream celebration and the issues in District 2. Escambia County School Board School Board Member Kevin Adams shares his concerns about keeping the…
Perdido looking at incorporation
The media and residents of Perdido are invited to join We Are Perdido on Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. for the first neighborhood meeting about the possibility of incorporating as a…
Real News: Friday, Jan. 13, 2023
Today, a memorial for the victims of the Dozier School for Boys will be unveiled. LPR Attorneys Mike Papantonio and Troy Rafferty are investigating the atrocities that occurred at the Marianna, Florida…
Sheriff’s Roundtable – Round 2
Escambia County Gun Violence Round Table on Wednesday, Jan. 18 The public is invited to attend the Escambia County Gun Violence Round Table hosted by Sheriff Chip Simmons on Wednesday, Jan. 18,…
City rolls dice on art again
The Chute Des Cubes public art unveiling ceremony scheduled for today at Admiral Mason Park was rescheduled to Friday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. due to inclement weather. The City of Pensacola…
Reeves headed to Harvard
Here is the official announcement on what we reported earlier this week: The Mayors’ Institute on City Design and Just City Lab have announced the 2023 MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship, with Mayor…