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The Tampa Tribune publishes each year 50 Things we know now that we didn’t know this time last year. Here is one that caught my…

As only the New York Times can do: see for yourself.

I’ve been reviewing the various reports on the home invasion and murder of Byrd and Melanie Billings and have put together a narrative of the…

The county audit of the Arts Council of Northwest Florida didn’t cover the credit cards the group processed for local artists. We are still get…

NYT Science Q&A: There are an incredible number of white squirrels living here in Pensacola, Fla., on the Gulf Coast. Are they albinos? How would…

Chairman Julius Genachowski Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 8-B201 Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Mediacom v. Sinclair Retransmission Consent Dispute Dear Chairman Genachowski,…

The New York Post has an article about NY State trooper Sayeh Rivazfar de rives crusade against sex offenders. She is pushing for push for…

We’ve obtained a draft copy of the audit of the Arts Council of Northwest Florida that was conducted by the Escambia County Clerk/Comptroller. The audit…

Two days before Christmas, county employees found a “leafy, green, plant-like material” believed to be marijuana in a county-owned pickup truck issued to Mobile County…

In 2007-2008, Escambia County had 7,482 out-of-school suspensions. All those days were counted as unexcused absences and led to the School District being ranked 15th…

I’ve been working on this new theme. It is simpler than my earlier versions, but it has several features that I like. The blog now…

Received an email from Mort O’Sullivan on yesterday’s UWF Board of Trustees meeting concerning the Community Maritime Park. O’Sullivan writes that today’s PNJ headline (“Museum…

Call it what you will, “the noughties”, “the two-thousands” or something else, the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009) is now over. Looking back…

Derek Cosson and Progressive Pensacola requested the emails of the Escambia County Consolidation Study Commission (ECCSC) and he have uncovered communications which, in his words,…

We are hearing that artists and some of the smaller arts groups were using the Arts Council to process credit card payments and those payments…

Yesterday, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church reached an agreement to purchase the Brownsville Middle School. The church had an anonymous donor contribute $200,000 to met the…

Peoples First was headquartered in Panama City. The News Herald reported on the closure of the bank and Mississippi-based Hancock Bank winning the FDIC bidding…

The PNJ scolds Rev. May and his church today. Once again the daily newspaper fails to understand the political moves being played. During the city…

The problem with the Arts Council of Northwest Florida is not that it “over-allocated” funds. In documents received by the IN, it appears the arts…