Evers wounds, maybe kills, consolidation

NorthEscambia.com reports that the Town of Century has withdrawn its support for a plan to consolidate Century, Pensacola and Escambia County under one unified government….

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City Staff Politics 102

The Pensacola city staff has stopped playing politics with its council and the citizens. Last week, we pointed out on this blog that the council’s…

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Buzz: Barrows gets 10pm slot

We’ve heard through the media grapevine that Mollye Barrows is the new 10pm co-anchor for WEAR TV3. She will continue with her 4pm also. Barrows…

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Morgan sworn in

David Morgan is now officially the sheriff of Escambia County. He received his commission from Gov. Charlie Crist, via Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts Lisa…

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Gulf Breeze Loan Pool blasted in Century

Someone is circulating flyers in Century blasting the Gulf Breeze Loan Pool. It claims the City of Gulf Breeze and its loan program are under…

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Owens talk of Judicial Center

Newly-elected Public Defender James Owens had the Blanchard Judicial Center buzzing yesterday. Long-time employees were dismissed and told to pack their things and not return…

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Boone Report: Pate is back

News: Pate Goes Back To Council On Thursday by Sean Boone Last month City Council voted down a staff recommended lease amendment for the Pate…

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Sansom resigns from college

Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom has resigned from his vice president position at Northwest Florida State College. This is the statement that he read to…

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Craig will join ECSO

David Craig, the producer and founder of the Reality News Network, will a part of the Morgan administration in the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Craig…

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Open letter to Pensacola City Council

January 2, 2009 Dear Council Members: At its meeting on December 11th the City Council failed to approve the Pate Stevedore Company (“PATE”) Lease Amendment…

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Pratt joins blogosphere

From Pensacola City Council-elect Megan Pratt: I mulled creating a website vs creating a blog for a while. Finally bit the bullet and started a…

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Bigger ECSO presence on the beach

Sheriff-elect David Morgan plans to reactivate the law enforcement reserve program. These volunteers will be used to give the ECSO a stronger presence on Pensacola…

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Salamander halts 98 Bypass

The goal of the Hwy 98 Bypass it to reduce the driving time from Pensacola to Panama City to one hour and 45 minutes. The…

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Ticket sports host convicted

Scott McKinney, co-host of “Southern Sports Tonight” and “Morning Wrap” on 98.1 FM The Ticket, pleaded guilty Jan. 2 to nine counts of theft and…

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News Channel ratings

LA Times reports: “Fox News racked up its seventh straight year as the most-watched cable news channel, delivering an average prime-time viewership of 2.1 million,…

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Studer Group offers scholarships

Press Release Studer Group will be hosting an institute on Pensacola Beach that will teach attendees skills needed to produce better bottom line results during…

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Staff delays CMP to Jan. 28

The Pensacola City Council received a memo from interim City Manager Al Coby informing them that a City Council Workshop on the master developer agreement…

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Special Session has limits

Next week, the Florida Legislature will hold a special session to deal with the state budget crisis. There are some limits placed on the session…

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IN website have a strong December

Our page views and visitors jumped 61 percent in December 2008 for both this blog and inweekly.net. Our page views totaled 591,372. Just when I…

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Is Baptist/West Florida deal off?

Nearly a month ago, I reported on this blog that Baptist Healthcare’s purchase of West Florida Hospital had fallen through…a victim of the tight bond…

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