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In 1927, the editor of the Ku Klux Klan’s monthly periodical “The Kourier,” asked T.T. Wentworth, Jr. to write an article on the rebirth of…

Press Release: Junior Achievement (JA) of Northwest Florida today announced its 2020 Hall of Fame Laureates are Dave & Mary Hoxeng and Lumon May. Jr….

After twice failing to pass a mandatory face mask order, the Collier County Board of County Commissioner passed it, by a 3-2 vote, during an…

Inside Scoop: Hours before the school board was scheduled to meet on Tuesday, July 21, Superintendent Thomas announced he would recommend the board delay the first…

Santa Rosa County School Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick has notified teachers and principals that he will delay the start of the school year and will provide…

Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has released the latest census of COVID patients in local hospitals. They have added 64 more patients – an increase of…

Florida has 134 more COVID deaths, among them were four  deaths in Escambia (1), Okaloosa (1) and Santa Rosa (2). Escambia deaths in July total…

Creative Loafing reports Winn Dixie will require face mask as of Monday, June 27. “The majority of our stores are under either a local or…

From the ATU 1395 that represents ECAT bus drivers: “It’s with sadness I must report that ATU Local 1395 has lost a member and our…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While it doesn’t look to be instituting a hard mandate regarding the use of face masks, the Escambia County School District…

The New York Times reports: “Many are looking to a standard generally agreed upon among epidemiologists: To control community spread of the coronavirus, the average…

In late March, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) act that gave counties funds to deal with the COVID-19…