The Escambia County Sheriff’s Foundation has launched an ambitious project to create a Memorial Plaza honoring fallen law enforcement officers, with a groundbreaking scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 16. Whitney Lucas, chief of…
Escambia County wins dismissal of Perdido Key lawsuits
On Dec. 18, Circuit Court Judge Jan Shackelford granted motions to dismiss six related lawsuits challenging a public beach access easement in the Gulf Beach Subdivision. The cases were brought by various…
Rudman withdraws all his Florida House bills
To garner publicity for this congressional campaign, State Rep. Joel Rudman made several press announcements about bills he was filing in the Florida House. All those bills were withdrawn today: HB 31…
Breaking: Gannett partners with Reuters
Axios reports Reuters and Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal, partnering to create a content bundle. Reuters will handle sales and Gannett will receive a revenue share. The product will be…
Daily Outtakes: 10 Big Legal Issues in 2025
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Numerous big Florida legal issues are pending in state and federal courts as 2024 ends. Here are 10 legal issues to watch…
FPL to Seek Base Rate Increases
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to issues such as growth and a need to continue expanding its system, Florida Power & Light on Monday said it…
What really happened in the 401a case? What did the judge rule?
A reader commented that the 401a contributions were misappropriations. However, Judge William Stone didn’t use the word “misappropriation” in his ruling. NO DOLLAR DIFFERENCE TO TAXPAYERS: According to the court order, the…
Overlooked news stories of 2024
The election – both at national and local levels – overshadowed much of what happened in our community in 2024. Some stories get buried under the avalanche of higher-profile articles that gain…
Sheriff Simmons endorses Jimmy Patronis
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons has joined his fellow sheriffs in Northwest Florida in endorsing Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis for Florida’s First Congressional District. “I’ve had a number of conversations with Jimmy…
Top Ten News Stories of 2024
Everyone loves this. What did we miss? MATT GAETZ’S TUMULTUOUS YEAR Where to begin? The former U.S. representative made national headlines in July when he taunted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on…
Pam Childers’ costly games #1: Failure to cooperate
County Clerk Pam Childers has demonstrated an inability to work with others. Maybe it’s her age. Maybe it’s that she had little authority until she was elected Escambia County Clerk in 2012….
Pam Childers’ costly games #2: Hubby suing Bender
County Clerk Pam Childers’ husband, Bruce, was disqualified from running for Escambia County Supervisor of Elections because he didn’t file Full Financial Disclosure Form 6 with the Florida Commission on Ethics. WHAT…
Pam Childers’ costly games #3: Legal Fees for 401a fight
When County Clerk Pam Childers won the 401a lawsuit, she demanded three commissioners who were in the fund to hand the money in their retirement accounts over to her. The funds included…
Daily Outtakes: Happy Holidays
It’s a very Pensacola holiday! This week we caught up with some old friends of the show and spread some holiday cheer!
Pam Childers’ costly games #4: Refusing to pay Foo Foo grants
With the 2024 Foo Foo Fest six weeks away, I learned County Clerk Pam Childers refused to cut checks for the Foo Foo grants approved by the Tourist Development Council and the…
Pam Childers’ costly games #5: Nuisance Ethics Complaint against Bergosh
Pam Childers’ antics have been costly for Escambia County taxpayers. I have started this countdown of her five most expensive attacks without much return on investment. Earlier this month, the Florida Commission…
Blue Wahoos HR leader traded to Phillies
Pensacola Blue Wahoos catcher Paul McIntosh has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies organization as part of a deal that included Marlin’s left-handed starter Jesus Luzardo in exchange for shortstop Starlyn Caba…
Daily Outtakes: Infographic on OLF-8 offers
In January 2019, Escambia County acquired the 636-acre OLF-8 property through a land swap with the U.S. Navy. To facilitate this exchange, the county purchased land in Santa Rosa County for over…
Top Five Reads, 12/22/24 edition
Readers were intrigued that Democrat Chris Jones endorsed Gene Valentine, wanted to know more about the proposed indoor sports complex, and loved hearing that Lumpy DeWeese has transferred to UWF. 1. Lifelong…
Top Listens, 12/21/24 edition
The new podcast has picked up as more readers and fans discover it. An amazing two-thirds of our audience listens to the entire episode. How do people listen? Spotify: 37.3% Apple Podcasts:…
