Homework: Ed Earl Burch

Author Jim Nesbitt keeps the hard-boiled detective novel alive with his Ed Earl Burch series. Ed Earl is a former vice and homicide detective who…

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Homeless count increases 62 percent

At its General Coalition meeting yesterday, Opening Doors released the Point-in-Time Count for 2023 – 1,180, up 62% from last year. Opening Doors has been…

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Sheriff: Operation Brownsville a pilot program

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons hopes to duplicate Operation Brownsville in other neighborhoods in the county. Over the next 60 days, his agency will work…

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Rules of Brian Doyle Skatepark

With the Blake Doyle Community Skatepark set to open to the public on May 2, the City of Pensacola encourages skatepark users to review the…

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Monorail Latest Target in Disney Feud

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Disney’s iconic monorail system would face periodic state inspections, as Republican lawmakers continue to back…

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By the Numbers: March Housing Prices

By The News Service of Florida The industry group Florida Realtors on Friday released a report that said the statewide median sales price for single-family…

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Real News: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

In 2015, Shannon Nickinson and the Studer Community Institute developed a map showing the Escambia County neighborhoods with the largest percentages of children living in…

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Vote to name street sweepers…sorry, Kevin

The City of Pensacola has opened public voting for the street sweeper naming contest, which will ultimately determine the official names for the city’s three…

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Malcolm Yonge not safe

At this weekly presser, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discussed the status of the Malcolm Yonge Community Center, which has been closed since March 21. Lighthouse…

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Mayor pushes back on Pickleball lease

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has received some criticism about renting out Port Warehouse #4 for an indoor sports facility (Comment on Belmont Hall post). He…

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$1.76 gas in Pace this Saturday

Residents of Pace and surrounding communities are invited to celebrate the grand opening of a new 76® gas station located at 4560 US 90 on Saturday, April…

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Principal defends WMS math teacher

At the Florida Board of Education meeting last week, board member Ryan Petty blasted a math teacher at Warrington Middle School who said he had…

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