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Okay, I’m a number geek. Here’s how the offenses reports and the arrests for ECSO and PPD compare:   Escambia County Sheriff Offenses Arrests Murder…

Pensacola Police Department has a greater arrest rate per 100,000 citizens than Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. About one of ten arrests is a juvenile.  …

The state crime rate for 100,000 people is 4,104.7 per 100,000.  Escambia County is higher – 4970.7. Here is a graph of the county’s crime…

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a statement regarding the 2010 Uniform Crime Report released today by Governor Scott, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and…

Had to reconfigure safeguards and add another step to posting comments. All should be fine now.

CLUE FOUR Some of T.T.’s toys have come home to roost in two rooms for you to scour. Take a walk through the throng and…

There is a new conspiracy making the rounds on the web. It lists the unusual number of scientists, whistleblowers and others affiliated with the BP…

Daily News reports on the recently renovated Gulf Breeze Zoo. Read more.

Sen. J.D. Alexander, Florida Senate’s budget chairman, is fighting with House Speaker Dean Cannon and Senate President Mike Haridopolos over the state budget. St. Pete…

He built the fort, then demanded possession but Lieutenant Slemmer his entry forbade. On the way to the Rodman see some remains of his home…

That’s the question Assistant City Attorney Susan Woolf has presented the Pensacola City Council. The issue is can a city council member appoint someone to…

Education is more than test scores. While Escambia County Public School District focuses on FCAT scores, Florida and 41 other states are moving towards the…

Emerald Coast Utilities Authority began today shutting down the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant. They will be conducting an official “Shut-Down” ceremony on Thursday, April…

Business Week has an article on the Sweepstakes Internet cafes that are popping up in strip centers across the state. First-time customers must sign a…

The recent release of classified documents on Guantanamo Bay detention center have provided insights into how the facility was run, the prisoners held there and…

Sun-Sentinel reports: A recent study by the Pew Center for the States found that only 23.5 percent of Medicaid-enrolled children, age 18 and under, received…

The Escambia County Public School District has 11 middle and elementary schools that have greater than 70 percent minority student populations. All have over 90…

More proof that schools with minority and economically disadvantaged students can succeed. There are 87 non-charter middle and elementary schools in Florida that have over…

Press Register: Federal prosecutors Thursday objected to the U.S. Probation Office’s conclusion that former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine should get a sentencing break for…

NY Times viewpoint worth reading: “Human trafficking is more similar in America and Cambodia than we would like to admit. Teenage girls on American streets…