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The proposed Children’s Resource Center (CRC) didn’t win approval of the Escambia Children’s Trust Grant Committee yesterday. In June, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced his intention…

April Phillips Inweekly, 10/26/2006 For more than three years, April Phillips has volunteered as a “Big” for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida. In…

Pensacola Sports Hall of Famer Bill Vilona discusses sports reporting and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) opened its 2023-2024 Community Grant Program on Wednesday, July 5. This program will fund action projects that…

Crappy Problem South Devillers Street had 900 gallons of raw sewage overflow on Monday due to the heavy rainstorm early Monday morning. ECUA Notice sent…

Raela Villanueva Inweekly, 9/7/2006 Raela Villanueva is the Pensacola Ice Pilots director of community relations. She also has become an advocate for suicide prevention, after…

Commissioner Jeff Bergosh explains why he hired Jesse Casey to help with constituent services in District 1. In 2009, Francisco Cofre was shot during a…

By Jim Turner ©2023 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — More school vouchers. Expanded restrictions on teaching about sexual…

Sunday’s Child awarded $120,000 in grants  to six Pensacola Bay Area charities at its 9th Annual Membership Meeting yesterday. The 182 members of Sunday’s Child…

Simmons Adds to Car Collection Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons’ foundation has purchased a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and gifted it to his agency. Purpose…

In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…

ABC’s Jason Nathanson: “No Hard Feelings?” – Jennifer Lawrence stars in the film, playing a woman trying to seduce a teen. Will it have you…