This has been added to the Escambia County School District’s website. What to Expect In the Event of a School Elevated Security Notification: Students Stay calm and alert. Follow the directions given…
Buzz: CSX wants to sell Pensacola-Jacksonville rail line
WFSU has reported that CSX is selling its rail line that runs from Jacksonville to Pensacola. At an investors meeting on March 1, executives announced they would further streamline operations by making…
Historical commission rules wreck not famous slave ship Clotilda
Yesterday, the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC), in coordination with the National Park Service (NPS), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, (NMAAHC), and SEARCH, Inc., announced it had completed…
Audio sample of ‘City of Grudges’
With the help of Dennis Gould of Soundworks, we created this audio sample of ‘City of Grudges.’ The book debuts a week from today on March 13. You can buy it now…
Police report gives details on alleged battery by Pensacon vendor
Last Friday, several local television stations reported on alleged sexual assault that occurred during Pensacon. A worker with a speed dating service that was a vendor at the event claimed her boss…
Florida Senate compromises, sets marriage at 17
The Senate on Monday unanimously approved a compromise measure intended to prevent most minors from getting married in Florida. The measure (SB 140), which must go back the House, would prevent anyone…
Fish hatchery hearing set for April 3
City Attorney Lysia Bowling today notified the Pensacola City Council that its motion to dismiss the lawsuit concerning the construction of a fish hatchery on Bruce Beach will be heard Tuesday, April…
Delta CEO memo: Delta and the school safety debate
Last Friday, Delta CEO Ed Bastian issued a memo to all his employees. He explained the company wanted to stay neutral in the debate over how to best keep our schools safe….
Giving back to Pensacola
My two February book-signings generated a profit of $348. I put in the mail this morning checks for $174 each to Open Books and Sunday’s Child. Our paper has long fought for…
Poll: District breakdown on raising pay for mayor
In 2014, I suggested the Pensacola City Council considered a charter amendment that would tie the mayor’s salary to that of the county’s constitutional officers, such as the clerk of court, property…
Weekly Roundup: Parents plead for action
Recap and analysis of the week in state government By Dara Kam THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Last week, the students had the spotlight. This week, it was grieving parents…
Dog House Deli helps Manna #schoolfuel
Dog House Deli will be joining the fight against hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties by launching #schoolfuel next week, March 5-9. When approached about participating in a hunger project, the…
Eleven Mile Creek Basin project to receive $268,000 grant
Congressman Matt Gaetz today announced an Escambia County stormwater project will receive grant money from the U.S. Treasury Department. “The Office of Gulf Coast Restoration in the Department of the Treasury plans…
Lawmakers cut Florida Cultural Grants
The Pensacola Little Theatre has asked its supporters to write state lawmakers to restore the Florida Cultural Grants to the FY 2019 budget: Friends of PLT, Pensacola Little Theatre and the Pensacola…
Grover asks City Council not to raise salary for mayor
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson, who is the only candidate that has pre-filed to run for mayor of Pensacola, has sent an email to the Pensacola City Council asking them not to…
Federal deficits deemed ‘unsustainable’
In its latest report, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns national debt is currently higher than at any time in history outside of World War II and the years immediately…
Two-thirds of Pensacola voters oppose giving mayor a raise
Inweekly asked Pensacola voters if they supported the city council increasing the mayor’s salary from $100,000 to $125,000: Yes 21% No 68% Undecided 11% The Political Matrix conducted the poll on March …
Cyberthon 2018 will set attendance record
Randy Ramos, CEO of Global Business Solutions, Inc., said this year’s Cyberthon will have over 300 participants. “Besides the 100+ high school and college students participating in the Cyberthon 2018 main event,…
Governor tells Sheriff Morgan state will fund SROs
This morning Escambia County Commission chairman Jeff Bergosh put off any discussion on allocations of the LET funds while he determined if the funds should be used for adding more school resource…
‘Transparent Pensacola’ R.I.P.
The City of Pensacola no longer has its Transparent Pensacola page, which was created in July 2015 to demonstrate his “commitment to making city government more open, accountable, and accessible to the…