Posted in Environment

FDEP hosts meeting re: Bayou Chico, Dec 11

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) will host a “Maps on the Table” meeting regarding Bayou Chico on Thursday, December 11, 9 a.m. to…

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Posted in Veterans

Latest report shows increase in reports of sexual assault in the military

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel released yesterday the latest survey of sexual assaults among our armed forces. He believes that the Defense Department’s efforts to prevent…

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Posted in Jail

State Fire Marshall’s photos after the jail explosion

This morning I posted the State Fire Marshall’s report of its initial investigation in the hours after the April 30 explosion of the CBD. Here…

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Posted in Politics

State Capital Briefs for Dec. 4

By THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA BILL WOULD REQUIRE POLICE TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS Amid a broader national debate about the issue, a state House…

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Posted in Education

New app allows for cyberbullying, according to School District

Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent of the Escambia County School District, issued a press release today that his some of his middle school and high school students…

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Posted in Jail News

Fire marshall preliminary report tells of gas odor and how bodies were found

In this week’s issue, “When Everything Went Black” reveals that several correctional officers smelled natural gas at the Central Booking and Detention Center the day…

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Breaking news: UWF faculty vote to ratify collective bargaining agreement

Yesterday afternoon, Jonathan Fink, the vice president for Bargaining and Chief Negotiator for the University of West Florida faculty, notified his colleagues that the union…

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Posted in Escambia County Pensacola Politics

Institute for Women in Politics issues its report on 2014 local elections

Women make few gains in 2014 elections in Escambia and Santa Rosa There are five new women in the halls of government and the judiciary…

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Posted in Entertainment

County holds ribbon cutting for archery park, Dec 10

Escambia County will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Klondike Archery Park, 7201 Sparshott Drive, Pensacola, on Wednesday, December 10, at 10 a.m….

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Posted in Politics

FDOT secretary steps down

PRASAD TO STEP DOWN AS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad has become the…

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‘New O. Henry’ has book reading at Open Books, Dec. 6

Open Books Bookstore and Prison Book Project is hosting Richard Craig Hurt for a reading and book signing for his newly published book, “A Wounded…

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April 30 jail explosion photos

These photos of the Central Booking & Detention Center came from the files of ATF and the state attorney’s office. They were taken May 1…

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