Panhandle news roundup

News Journal reports a former Catholic High School teacher is charged with using a mirror to look under a woman’s skirt at a Pensacola bookstore…

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No criminal investigation on VFD stipends

From Duwayne Escobedo: Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille says no criminal investigation of overpayments of stipends to volunteer firefighters is being conducted right now. “At…

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What’s happening with public library?

In March 2006, Escambia County voters approved the sales tax extension that included $34.6 million for libraries and community centers. To date, nothing has been…

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Mobile grows by 50 acres

From Moblie Register: One of the westernmost points of the Mobile city limits will creep a little closer to Schillinger Road when an annexation approved…

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Panhandle news roundup

WedsDaily Dose Gulf County Sheriff resigns. WalMart won’t give up on Mary Esther store. Dog mauls owners. Another typical Wednesday news day.

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Outzen hits 50

From the IN staff: For the first time in three generations, an Outzen male has reached the ripe old age of 50. We had a…

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Sac Bee will require real names for comments

There is growing debate whether newspapers should require people to use their real names when they comment on articles on the papers’ websites. The Sacramento…

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Baldwin County: Something in the water

The Mobile Press Register reports that  swimmers are being attacked by jellyfish, sea lice and something yet to determined in the waters off the Baldwin…

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TuesDaily Dose Copeland’s becomes the restaurant closing that just won’t go away as Federal Trade Commission steps in. Another Pensacola area cemetery is vandalized. News…

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Pay raises aren’t the answer

or at least not entirely. We hear from both the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and the school district that we need to raise salaries for…

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MonDaily Dose Gulf Power likes new ECUA plant. Woman kidnapped in downtown Fort Walton Beach. Ingall’s Shipyard is in trouble with Navy over cost overruns.

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Panhandle news roundup

Pensacola News Journal continues its series on the Last Navy Officers Candidates Recruits. Also catches up on the Copeland’s papers story that WEAR reported Friday. …

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Pensacola may lose The Zoo. The Gulf Breeze Zoological Society needs to raise $3M by year-end to keep it open. Hurricanes and years of running…

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Presidential candidates on healthcare

The NY Times (Graphic: Candidates on Health Care ) has a great table on the positions of the various presidential candidates on healthcare: Republicans: Sam…

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Gannett tightens up more

The alt-weekly in Burlington, VT reports that its local Gannett-owned daily newspaper, Burlington Free Press, has initiated more cost cutting measures: eliminating free parking for…

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Scarborough, Miller entertain Thompson

IN cover boy, Joe Scarborough, Congressman Jeff Miller and Collier Merrill entertained potential GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson last night at The Fish House. He…

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FridayDaily Dose Pensacola daily tells its readers to leave their trailers during hurricanes, but says nothing about the car on blocks in the front yard….

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More on Century

There are people around that remember beyond just last week. The Century-law enforcement-drugs issue has been around longer than the daily newspaper’s articles last week….

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More than just smoke

Firefighting in Escambia County is in shambles. You can spin it a dozen different ways. You can pit the paid firefighters union against the volunteers….

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IN: Morning Joe interview

The July 5th issue has a candid interview with Joe Scarborough, former Congressman and host of “Scarborough Country” and “Morning Joe” at MSNBC. Here are…

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