Poverty still plagues Escambia County
A new U.S. Census Bureau’s 5-year American Community Survey released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau shows 23.7 percent of children under age 18…
Feinberg admits transparency issue
ProPublica: Ken Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility that is handling the BP claims process, has admitted his process is plagued with opaque…
Fox News boss’s not so fair & balanced email
Media Matters reports that Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon sent an email to his reporters last December questioning the “veracity of climate change…
Nodine Trial: Defense pushes suicide theory
The former Mobile County commissioner Steve Nodine’s attorneys opened their defense by depicting Angel Downs, his girlfriend whom Nodine is charged with murdering, as a…
Buzz:Gangs, gangs, gangs
It’s truly amazing that the daily newspaper can write about the homicides in Escambia County and not mention gangs in the article. My sources say…
Rising Star Nominations
We need your help in identifying the 2011 Rising Stars — those under 35 adults that are truly making a difference in the community and…
Locals on Race To The Top committees
Florida Department of Education announced yesterday that members for seven of the eight Race to the Top implementation committees. Three are from the Escambia School…
Sheriff’s Office to Host Community Meeting
Press Release: In an effort to address community concerns and strengthen law enforcement and community relationships, Sheriff David Morgan will host a community meeting with…
Backpack Club gets great response
We’ve pushed the Bay Area Food Bank’s Backpack to fight childhood hunger in our public school system. For $110, supporters can feed a child and…
Homicide victim has long criminal record
Robert Witherspoon (age 24), who died from a gunshot wound while sitting in a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo near the intersection of Mary Lane and Paula…
Suspect wanted in latest homicide
Press Release: An arrest warrant has been issued regarding a homicide that occurred yesterday afternoon, December 14, near the intersection of Mary Lane and Paula…
SRCO Tomlinson sentenced
Press Release: State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that John M. Tomlinson age 46 was sentenced December 14, 2010 in Santa Rosa County Circuit Court…
Nodine Trial: Friend says Downs warned Nodine might kill her
The second week of the murder trial of former county commissioner Stephen Nodine had testimony from more technical experts, friends of both Nodine and the…
Off with their heads, expert predicts unrest will continue
Gerald Celente is an internationally known trends expert. He calls himself a political atheist, meaning he doesn’t write to please Republicans, Democrats, Liberals or Conservatives….
Buzz: Habitat may buy Brownsville Middle School
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas is scurrying around trying to salvage a sale of the closed Brownsville Middle School after his Krispy Kreme power-play fell through. The…
Court upholds $28M Pensacola award to smoker’s family
The 1st District Court of Appeal has upheld a $28.3 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a lawsuit filed by the family of…
Drug kingpin sentenced in Pensacola
As much as some people scoff at the thought of a Mexican mafia in the Pensacola area, Alejandrino Popoca, 33, of Foley, Ala.was sentenced last…
Building named for Judge Arnow
On Tuesday, December 14, 2010, the President signed into law: H.R. 4387, which designates the Federal building in Pensacola, Florida, as the Winston E. Arnow…
Pimp Business Plan
In 2007, the IN broke the story on human trafficking in Northwest Florida (“Shauna’s Story of Slavery“). Our area sits on Interstate 10 which is…
Which is your favorite IN cover story for 2010?
In the sidebar, we have a poll that we are running through midnight Thursday, Dec. 16. We asking readers to pick their favorite cover story…
