Good-faith bargaining generally refers to the duty of the parties to meet and negotiate at reasonable times with willingness to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation; however, neither party…
Could Have Been Messer-ier
It turns out that adopting a new city charter isn’t as easy as a vote. The logistics take some time to figure out. Pensacola City Council today discussed what city attorney Jim…
Operation Clean Sweep Collects 10 Tons of Debris in Navy Point
(Press Release) — Ten tons of debris was collected in The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office’s Operation Clean Sweep today in the Navy Point community. Traffic checkpoints issued 13 citations. Three arrests were…
Romney calls for Gingrich to return Freddie Mac money
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, speaking today in Madison New Hampshire, Â urged Newt Gingrich to return more than $1.6 million he made consulting for government-backed mortgage company Freddie Mac. “If he was…
BeulahFest adds more stars to the lineup
BeulahFest announced today that country stars Travis Tritt and Rodney Atkins will be in attendance at this year’s festival. The festival will be Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17 at 7750…
Escambia graduation rate drops, while State at highest level ever
The Escambia County Public School District got dealt another a blow today when the Florida Department of Education released the graduation rate for the 2010-11 school year. The 76.9 percent graduation rate…
Bank of America to help local borrowers tomorrow
Bank of America is holding a workshop for customers who are experiencing financial hardship. If you are a Bank of America customer, home loan specialists will be in here to review your…
Video: Statements of Penn State’s McQueary on Sandusky conflict
Former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary originally testified in 2002 he saw Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy, but as Anna Werner reports, a local newspaper story raised new questions…
Miller endorses Connie Mack for U.S. Senate
Congressman Jeff Miller this morning held a press conference at Bartram Park to announce his support for fellow Congressman Connie Mack IV (R-Ft. Myers) for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, the…
FactCheck checks latest GOP debate for truth
Here is the list of misstatements: –Romney falsely claimed that no president before Obama had cut Medicare, and that Obama favored pre-1967 borders for Israel. –Gingrich said he opposed cap-and-trade, even though…
Perry needs more study time
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry, who is also the governor of Texas, told Iowa voters yesterday that Solyndra is a country. The self-proclaimed Christian candidate apparently got confused yet again. Solyndra is…
New poll shows Gingrich now leads in Florida
Newt Gingrich is leading Mitt Romney in Florida GOP presidential primary race, according to the Dec. 4-7 NBC/Marist poll. Gingrich leads Romney by 15 percentage points in Florida, 44 to 29, followed…
How got arrested this weekend?
Do any of these people look familiar? Arrested since Friday, Dec. 9 and sitting in Jail Who was booked and then released: —— ALMAREZ, RICKY (W / MALE) Status: Released Booking No:…
Tebow has Broncos believing in miracles
The Denver Post’s Mark Kiszla has his take on yet another comeback by Denver QB Tim Tebow. Best quote is from Bronco cornerback: “Don’t flipping ask me how this is happening,because you…
Former AAU chief investigated for sexual abuse
Memphis police have opened an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against former American Amateur Association President Robert W. “Bobby” Dodd. Police officials said they were contacted by the AAU regarding accusations of…
Grades on last night’s GOP debate
Newt Gingrich did well, Romney not so much. Perry is lost his mojo entirely, looks like Will Ferrell playing GW. The Daily Beast grades the performance of all the candidates: Gingrich: A…
Escambia County loses in House redistricting
The proposed new Florida House districts have the new boundaries shifting with the population to the east. Matt “Baby” Gaetz loses south Santa Rosa County and now has all of his District…
Man Condemned to Death in Conn. Home Invasion
Last year, when I did TLC special on home invasion, this was the other case covered in the show. A jury condemned a Connecticut man to death for killing a woman and…
Economy continues to drag down Obama approval rating
CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit shows that only 41 percent of Americans think President Barack Obama has performed his job well enough to be elected to a…
Daily Beast picks the Week’s Best Longreads
From the king of all real-estate scams to the strange divisiveness of Tim Tebow (“On the most (curious, complicated, downright strange) polarizing athlete of our age.”), The Daily Beast picks the best…