The announcement that headliner Linkin Park had to pull out of the DeLuna Fest hasn’t hurt ticket sales. In fact, the community appears to be rallying around its biggest outdoor music festival….
Bad Lip Reading: Michelle Bachmann
Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann gets the Bad Lip Reading treatment:
Fun and Play with the EPA, or Spill Report Delayed
by Jeremy Morrison— The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force was suppose to emerge Wednesday with a road map toward a brighter day. Instead, we’ll be getting a preliminary report pending further…
Escambia High football coaches arrested
Escambia High assistant coach Timothy Andrew Jansky has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and harassing in a misdemeanor proceeding. According to the report, Jansky told the victim who had…
Buzz: Veolia has brought in union busters
Veolia Transportation, the French corporation that runs the Escambia County Transit System, has flown into Escambia County 25 union-busting bus drivers to work for ECAT should the workers go on strike. Veolia…
PSC – Fill the Pantry Drive
Press Release: Pensacola State College invites the greater Pensacola community to participate in its college-wide “Fill the Pantry†food drive to help stock Manna Food Pantries. The food drive runs Oct. 17…
Mitchells get Golden Brick
The Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) awarded the 2011 Golden Brick Award to Rosie O’Grady’s of Pensacola, Inc. for the significant physical improvements to one of Pensacola’s oldest buildings at 310 S….
Another Iraq War veteran commits suicide
I received this email this morning. The name of the suicide victim I have chosen not to use out of respect for him and his family. He was a friend of Elliot,…
Environmental group challenges BP whitewash
According to Waterkeeper Alliance, the Gulf communities continue to see impacts of the BP oil spill on a daily basis. Oil continues to wash ashore along beaches and wetlands. Local and state…
Buzz about Apple announcement today
Apple will announce its new iPhone today–the first big production introduction with former CEO Steve Jobs. Reportedly, the new phone will be less expensive, lighter and have a larger screen. Read more…
SPLC looking into School District treatment of minority students
The Southern Poverty Law Center is investigating the Escambia Public School District over its discipline of its minority students. It has embarked on a DMC (Disproportionate Minority Contact) campaign tracking school discipline…
Letter about Cole Bros. Circus
Dear Rick Outzen, Just finished reading your article about Cole Bros Circus, and I’d like to thank you for bringing this circus animal abuse to forefront. I would like to share with…
Bus drivers’ union files unfair labor practices complaint against Veolia
Press Release: Order for Dismissing Motion for Temporary Injunction Circuit Court Judge Michael G. Allen from the First Judicial Circuit Court in and for Escambia County, Florida issued a order dismissing a…
Wall Street Protest grows
I’ve written about this protest that has garnered little attention from the mainstream media. Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing demonstration that has maintained sustained occupation of Wall Street, the financial district…
Wages show improvement for Escambia County
From March 2010 to March 2011, employment increased in 256 of the 322 largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this past week. Elkhart, Ind., posted the largest percentage…
Publix recalls spinach dip, possibly tainted
Publix Super Markets is recalling its spinach dip because it may contain listeria monocytogenes. The problem was discovered during a routine microbial testing conducted by Publix. The 16-ounce containers of spinach dip…
MacQueens/Innisfree adopt A.A. Dixon Charter School
When Superintendent Malcolm Thomas announced his decision to close A.A. Dixon Charter School, he didn’t count on the outpouring of support for Rev. Lutimothy May, who stepped up in August to chair…
Letter from Vietnam Vet
Dear Rick, Just a note from a Viet Nam vet with PTSD to say thanks for putting it on the line so well in your story “When Yellow Ribbons Aren’t Enough.” I…
UWF hosts symposium on military-related health issues
Press Release: What: Late Life Trauma Workshop When: Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: University Commons Conference Rooms A, B and C, University of West Florida, 11000 University…
Miss. fishermen still have problems
Capt. Mark Stewart from Gulfport, Miss. called during lunch to tell that the shrimp have disappeared from Morgan City, La. to the Mississippi-Alabama border. “We’re catching shrimps with all sorts of deformities–no…
