High School football to be streamed live
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas recently contracted with PSB Live to video stream the county’s high school football game of the week via the internet. At www.psblive.com,…
Backpage.com links to Pensacola ‘escorts’
Last week, the Pensacola Police Department announced its Operation Blue Shepard had led to the arrest of 25 men who were soliciting sex from minors…
County Consultant recommends not to keep hockey lease
The consultant that the Escambia County Commissioners hired to study the Pensacola Civic Center has concluded the county can’t afford to lease the the facility…
Fitch affirms Pensacola Airport bond rating, but says outlook is negative
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘BBB+’ rating on the City of Pensacola’s approximately $35.6 million in outstanding series 2008 airport capital improvement revenue bonds issued…
Facebook blocks Google+
TechCrunch reports that while Mark Zuckerberg may be the most followed user on Google+, his Facebook is making it difficult for anyone to import their…
UWF hit by burglars
This message was sent out to University of West Florida students: Over the holiday weekend, three buildings were burglarized on the Pensacola main campus. University…
League to honor Crist
Not everyone wants to bash former Gov. Charlie Crist. The League of Women Voters of Florida will present Crist with its “Making Democracy Work” Award…
ECSO re-accredited
Press Release: Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan presented staff with a certificate acknowledging The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office being awarded full re-accredited status by the…
Infographic: who got fired by Scott, about 1662 workers
Florida Tribune: According to the Department of Management Services, 519 of the 1,662 state employees have already been placed in different positions. These layoffs represent…
Colbert mocks Rick Scott
“I want to praise Rick Scott’s praise of Rick Scott”—Stephen Colbert…. (about at 1:50 mark) The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor &…
BP’s Hayward blistered in depo
AP has an exclusive report on the deposition of former BP CEO Tony Hayward and his role during the BP oil disaster last summer. He…
Woodland Heights proposals rejected
Mayor Ashton Hayward sent out on June 30 a letter to the architectural and engineering firms that bid on the Community Resource Center to be…
Council President calls special meeting
NOTICE OF MEETING – City Council Workshop, July 20, 9:30 a.m. The Pensacola City Council president has called for a City Council workshop for Wednesday,…
Escambia accounts for nearly 20 percent of new A schools
According to the press release from the Florida Department of Education, of Florida’s 2,547 graded elementary, middle and non-high-school combination public schools earning “A” through…
Guest Viewpoint: Seeing New Things-Past and Present
By Sarah Lyons I went to hear Dr. Omar Ali speak at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem recently. Schomburg is…
How Fox News brainwashes America
Dr. Cynthia Boaz describes on Truthout how Fox News brainwashes its viewers. Much of it we’ve written about before in bits and pieces, but she…
Scott okays SunRail funding
Herald Tribune reports that Gov. Rick Scott has reversed his position on the SunRail. In February, he refused to accept $2 billion in federal funding….
White House payroll cut
The White House cut its payroll by $1.7 million in 2011, according to an annual report of salaries the White House sends to Congress. The…
Scott says he will now talk to editorial boards
Miami Herald reports Gov. Rick Scott Bay told News 9, a Tampa Bay TV station, that he will now sit down with newspaper editorial boards—something…
Clearwire hand-off fumbles jobs
Clearwire, the once great employer in Santa Rosa County, turned over its Milton operation to TeleTech. Most of its employees were transferred over to the…
