In February 2003, City staff presented to the Pensacola City Council a reported titled “Profile of Pensacola: Demographic, Housing and Economic Characteristics.†The City Council was John R. Fogg, Mayor; Owen W….
All charges against Spencer Bibbs teacher dismissed
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that his office will dismiss all charges against Kenneth Campbell, a music teacher at Spencer Bibbs Elementary School, for sexual misconduct with a student. The investigation…
Peace Corps volunteers talk about rape
Earlier this week I wrote about Lara Logan, the reporter who was sexually assaulted by a crowd while covering the uprising in Cairo. Now Peace Corps volunteers have stepped forward with stories…
Deluna Fest: Why Manchester Orchestra?
Manchester Orchestra latest album, “Simple Math,” is getting rave reviews. On the album, the group performs “Pensacola.” —-“Alcohol, dirty malls, Pensacola, Florida bars” Here are the lyrics: Now I have a nagging…
Bayou Bash: Get Out The Trash!
Press release: Members of The Bream Fishermen Association, Clean and Green, Emerald Coastkeeper, Escambia County Solid Waste, Pensacola NAS at Corry Field and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry invite you to…
Buzz: Psst, oil is still on the beach
Email from a reader: “at the beach 2day by firehouse, frikin oil everywhere, but its all gone,no oil. BULL!”
Power List: Who is getting nominations?
The overnight emails have been tallied. We want more nominations. Here the 15 most popular names – not in a particular order: Marilyn Hess Mike Papantonio David Morgan Bentina Terry Mort O’Sullivan…
Democrats go after Big Oil
U.S. Senate Democrats are going after the oil companies, which enjoy huge profits. The senators want to cut off taxpayer subsidies to the oil industry. According to Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada), closing…
Florida hit hard by GOP Medicaid plan
The Kaiser Foundation has analyzed the GOP Medicare plan. Projected federal spending on Medicaid for the 10-year period 2012 to 2021 would fall by $1.4 trillion, a 34 percent decline. By 2021,…
Harper: More loans in danger here than elsewhere
Dr. Rick Harper, director of the University of West Florida Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development, told the Destin Chamber on Tuesday that 14 percent of bank loans in the…
DeLuna Fest reorganizes
Probably one of the worst kept secrets on Pensacola Beach made the daily newspaper’s website. The “Young Guns” – Nick Bodkins and Nick & Scott Wheatley-have parted ways with Five Flags Tourism…
The Donald tanks in latest poll
Daily Beast: Trump has fallen to 8 percent in Public Policy Polling’s most recent survey, just a month after he led the Republican presidential field with 26 percent. Additionally, 53 percent of…
2011 Power List nominations
The IN will publish its annual Power List on June 2. The list includes in order the most influential people in the greater Pensacola area. Past #1’s are Fred Levin (2007), Collier…
2011 LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL SERVICE
Press Release: The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and the Fraternal Order of Police will honor those law enforcement officers who died while serving in the line of duty with a Law Enforcement…
Daily newspaper circulation figures
Total Average Paid Circulation for News Journal based on the averages for the six months ended 3/31/2011: Monday-Friday 44,607 Sunday 59,779 According to Wikipedia, the daily newspaper had a daily circulation of…
Education budget slashed
According to news reports, the Florida Legislature cut the education budget about 8 percent, which averages to $542 per student. Doing the math, Escambia County with its 40,227 students stands to lose…
What happens when GOP can’t agree?
More than 2,000 bills were filed during the 2011 session, but less than 300 were approved at the end of the 60-day session. Bills dealing with immigration, union dues and ethics reform…
Koch brother dictates FSU hiring
Charles G. Koch has pledged $1.5 million for positions in Florida State University’s economics department. With the funds comes strings. Koch and his representatives get to screen and sign off on any…
Buzz: Gingrich will announce Wednesday
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will announce his his campaign for the Republican nomination for president on Wednesday via Twitter and Facebook.
The Cars Reunion album gets good review
Yes, they are old, but I’m glad The Cars are back. The Boston Globe likes their latest album “Move Like This.” Read more. Who are The Cars? Here’s a video reminder.
