Escambia County public schools didn’t really pick students
When enrollment is broken down for each public school, the Escambia County School District lost students between the falls of 2018 and 2019. The school…
Global Learning has lost 239 students since it opened
When the elementary school opened in the fall 2011, Global Learning Academy was hailed as an innovative education facility. Superintendent Malcolm Thomas closed three…
Move to Amend Silent Vigil, tomorrow noon
Move to Amend press release: Our democracy and many of our people are threatened by hidden funding of overly-conservative causes, candidates and groups! The Supreme…
Santa Rosa picks up 649 new students, Escambia only 167
According to the Florida Department of Education, the Escambia County School District is lagging beyond neighboring Santa County in its growth in enrollment. Escambia…
More psych beds needed
AHCA has published the need for adult, children and adolescent psychiatric beds as well as adult substance abuse beds for July 2025. The agency says…
Bondi selected for Trump’s defense
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has been part of President Donald Trump’s impeachment communications team, will be part of the defense for his…
Update: City of Pensacola cyberattack
Press release: The City of Pensacola’s computer network suffered a cyberattack during the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 2019. The city took immediate steps…
Blue Wahoos honor heroes of NAS shooting
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will take the field in 2020 with their city over their hearts. The team announced on Thursday that the Blue Wahoos…
New Pleasant Grove school moves forward
The new Pleasant Grove elementary school just took another step toward reality and Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill is, in the words of Escambia County…
Escambia District 3 picked up most voters since May 2019
Escambia County  added 4,046 from May 31, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2019.  The most voters were added to Commissioner Lumon May’s District 3, 1,025…
Gulf Breeze Zoo wins national conservation award
In January 2019, the Gulf Breeze Zoo added a family of Orangutans and started their “Spirit of Sumatra†conservation program. Recently, the Zoo received high…
Recreational pot proposal shelved for 2020
By Jim Saunders TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a “narrow timeframe†for meeting petition-signature requirements, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to allow recreational marijuana use…
Pensacola High lost 139 freshman over four years, 30.7 percent
Pensacola High lost 30.7% of its 2015-16 freshman class when it calculated its 2018-19 graduation cohort. The district reported 91.2% graduation rate for PHS for…
Presser notes: Lovoy love
This week, city council will decide whether or not to approve Mayor Robinson’s selection of Amy Lovoy as the city’s finance director. Lovoy came to…
Highlights: State of the State
In his State of the State address today, Governor Ron DeSantis encouraged lawmakers to recognize that people are more mobile and will move out of…
Presser notes: Possible Paddle Battle
Pensacola is currently seeking to establish a regional paddle trail in local waterways, complete with a designation from the Florida Paddling Trails Association as a…
Presser notes: $17 million question
Last summer, the Pensacola City Council decided to refinance $40 million of debt associated with the Community Maritime Park and then borrow $17.7 million to…
AG Barr reports on DOJ investigation into NAS shooting
Yesterday Attorney General William Barr had a press conference to reported on the Department of Justice investigation into the shooting at NAS Pensacola in early…
Presser notes: Mayor discusses Cervantes shootout
Advice to shooters: “This is going to end badly for you, one way of the other.” Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that he was…
Robinson, Gilley next speakers for CivicCon
The 2020 CivicCon Speaker Series will feature topics like water quality, housing strategies, creating a plan for trees and green scape in a community and…
