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Billings: Tuesday, July 14

That morning Sheriff Morgan created a new stir about the involvement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency in the investigation. It…

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Billings: Monday, July 13

At “The Tower,” the national media onslaught was in full swing. Media vans and satellite dishes filled the parking lot. The training room was fully…

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Billings: Sunday, July 12

At Sunday noon, Sgt. Hoard interviewed Leonard Gonzalez again. The evidence was stacking up against him. The investigators knew that he had bought two cans…

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Billings: Saturday, July 11

Saturday morning Hardy returned a call from James Hartsfield, who had seen on Saturday’s front page of the Pensacola News Journal the surveillance photo of…

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Billings: Friday, July 10

The Pensacola News Journal reported Friday morning on its front page “a Beulah couple who adopted 12 children and owned several local businesses were found…

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Posted in Caring

65-hour online fundraiser begins today

Council on Aging of West Florida to again partner with Home Instead Senior Care to provide air conditioners and fans to vulnerable elder adults PENSACOLA,…

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Time Machine: Predictions for 2019 (from 10 years ago)

For our 10th anniversary issue, we had readers give us their predictions for 2019. How did they do? From June 25, 2009 issue: Locals weigh…

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Time machine: 1999

Our first issue was published July 1, 1999. For our tenth anniversary, we had our intern Steven Gray –who’s now a famous photographer–work up a…

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Ritchie and Galecki convicted in Nevada

On Wednesday, July 3, Burton Ritchie, former owner of The Psychedelic Shack, and Benjamin Galecki, former Pensacon CEO and Pensacola chamber board member, were convicted…

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Posted in Escambia County

Morgan responds

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan called an “all hands” meeting this afternoon to respond to allegations made by woman who is serving a 25-year prison…

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New laws start on July 1

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s record $90.98 billion spending plan for next fiscal year and more than 100 new…

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Oops: Supreme Court has ruled for lower court to rehear Bayview Cross case

The American Humanist Association has announced that the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the rulings of the district court and court of appeals had concluded that…

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