The Panhandle Tiger Bay Club presents Florida Senate President Don Gaetz as their July 18 speaker at New World Landing. Senator Gaetz will give a wrap-up of the 2014 Florida Legislative Session….
USO Brothers Finally Return Home WWE Tag Team Champions
By Duwayne Escobedo Yes, the high-flying, ring-rattling Samoan warriors known as the USO Brothers want to dominate every World Wrestling Entertainment tag team match. After all, the 479-pound duo is now the…
Achievement gap recommendations fail to force school district to look in the mirror
Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has a problem. His schools have failed to educate a vast number of the students in his district. He and the school board formed the Closing…
Institute for Women in Politics to hold forum for women candidates
Women candidates who will appear on the August primary ballots in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have been invited to speak at a forum hosted by the Women’s Civic Forum and the…
Putnam: Beware of Giant Land Snails
With inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport confiscating 67 Giant African Land Snails, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam issued a warning Tuesday about the destructive creatures possibly coming into the state through…
Prison Captain fired for failing to report on criminal activity
With the Florida Department of Corrections under heavy scrutiny, Secretary Michael Crews on Tuesday ordered the firing of a Columbia Correctional Institution captain because of allegations the officer failed to report information…
Emagination Unlimited delivers enhanced Pensacola airport website
Emagination Unlimited has redesigned FlyPensacola.com, the official website for the Pensacola International Airport. The site uses the DigiPro Media’s digital platform that integrates search engine optimization, social media, true mobile and a…
BP employees lawsuit over BP oil disaster revived
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans revived yesterday a lawsuit in which participants in four BP Plc employee retirement savings plans claimed they were deceived into buying and…
Sheriff Morgan on trainee caught with pants down: ‘Good Riddance’
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan took swift action in the terminating a trainee who admitted to having sex while on duty. The woman has accused Deputy Sheriff Trainee Chris Majors of committing…
New Airport concessions still 77 days away
Mayor Ashton Hayward sent out an “Upwords” to give an update on the new food concessions at the Pensacola International Airport. According to Mayor Hayward, both Chik-Fil-A and the pre-security Einstein Bros….
Two stories from around the state got my attention: county looks at selling jail and principal quits due to bullying
Sell and then lease back jail According to county records, Marion County Administrator Lee Niblock is asking for the board’s guidance at Tuesday’s meeting on the next move in consideration of a…
RESTORE update at Lunch ‘n Learn
On Friday, August 1, 2014 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. join the League of Women Voters for their brown bag lunch and learn summer series at the Downtown Library, 239 N….