Category: Politics

The Pensacola City Council has been notified that the developers of Hawkshaw East will not close on their purchase of the city property located adjacent…

The word I’m getting is that outgoing Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has decided the jail and his entire office needs new copiers – $350,000…

If you haven’t heard about it yet, the Pub Crawl was a HUGE success! The Independent News partnered with PensacolasHappening.com. We had about 430 people…

The 2005 issues were some of our most controversial issues (read more). TOP 10 Cover Stories In 2005 1. Why? Robert Boggon’s death in Escambia…

The Pensacola City Council may have broken its own rules and procedures when it tried to reconsider the amendment to the Pate Cold Storage lease….

We’ve built a nice body of work over the past ten years. Here is our Top 10 News Stories for 2004: 1. “Secrets in the…

Next Sunday, Floridians will be able to play Powerball- the multi-state (29 state and U.S. territories) lottery with a $300 million jackpot. Starting Sunday, Floridians…

The Miami Herald reports that Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom took direction from his new boss, Northwest Florida State College president Bob Richburg. Sansom’s mission…

Gov. Charlie Crist has a plan for covering the $2.3 billion state budget deficit. It is not that different from we all have been having…

The Tampa Tribune put together this list of things we know now that we didn’t know a year ago. Here are a few factoids on…

Tony Wang, owner of Fuji Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar on North Davis Highway, has bought the old Cancun Mexican Grill in Gulf Breeze. Cancun’s…

From the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce: * “Project Deep Blue” Site Visit – The Chamber hosted a manufacturer last week that is considering…