University of West Florida graduate student Phoenix Farnham was selected from 135 applicants nationwide as one of only six students chosen for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s first-ever paid internship program. “This…
More Names Under Consideration for Trust
Escambia Children’s Trust Executive Director Lindsey Cannon checked with the governor’s appointments office for the remaining list of locals with applications to serve on the Trust’s board. These names were submitted in…
Former Florida House Speaker Announces Gubernatorial Campaign
Former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner officially launched his campaign for Governor of Florida, filing paperwork to seek the state’s top executive office as the Ron DeSantis era comes to a close….
Murzin Accepts Century’s Challenges
Dave Murzin tackled his share of challenges, representing District 2 for eight years in the Florida House. None of the challenges compare to what he is stepping into as Century’s first town…
Trending News—Sept. 2, 2025
Readers wanted to hear Bruce Childers’ version of the June 2024 firebombing that we now know was part of an extortion attempt targeting his wife, Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers. The unfiltered…
Daily Outtakes: UWF Forum Pits Heritage vs. Hillsdale
The University of West Florida will get the debate no one requested at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the UWF Commons Auditorium. The debate on whether the U.S. Constitution is “procedure…
Space Command moves to Huntsville, Pensacola once tried to get it
President Donald Trump announced today that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama. “The U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama, forever…
Voila! The Ann Plan on web
Pensacola mayoral candidate Ann Hill has activated a website, theannplan.com. Why is she running? “Pensacola is a very unique, diverse and historic city etched on three sides by water. By focusing on…
Will DeSantis finally make Children’s Trust appointments?
The term of the chairman of the Escambia Children’s Trust Board of Directors, Dr. Rex Northrup, expired Dec. 31, 2022. The terms of Stephanie White and Tori Woods expired on Dec. 31,…
Breaking: Ann Hill prefiles for Mayor
We have heard that former Pensacola City Councilwoman Ann Hill has prefiled to run for Pensacola mayor. If you search “Ann Hill of Mayor,” you get her Facebook page, which has a…
Deadline to be heard on UWF conduct code change is Sept. 3
The changes to the Student Code of Conduct were initially on the agenda of the Student Affairs Committee, which Trustee Zack Smith chairs. However, the committee was canceled the day before the…
Daily Outtakes: Bruce Childers Describes June 2024 fire bombing
Last week, the federal grand jury indictment of Justin J. Wright revealed that Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers was being extorted. The details for the plot and the June 2024 fire bombing…
Top News Stories—August 2025
In August, we broke May’s record for most page views by 22.7%. August 2025 was the busiest month for the blog in the past five years. Thank you. Here are the most-read…
The Hidden History of Gay Tourism in Pensacola
Gov. Ron DeSantis, his new appointees to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees and Interim President Manny Diaz don’t know Pensacola’s history. From Emma Jones to Memorial Day: How a…
Trending News—Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
LGBTQ+ Acceptance Doesn’t Make UWF Liberal Our readers understand that being accepting of LGBTQ+ students doesn’t make a university “liberal.” The research and rankings repeatedly support that the University of West Florida…
FPL Takes Aim at Foes’ Rate Proposal
Florida Power & Light strongly opposes a competing rate proposal from consumer advocacy groups, setting up a showdown at upcoming regulatory hearings that will determine how much FPL customers pay over the…
District 7 Town Hall: Major Projects, Community Concerns Take Center Stage
On August 26, Mayor D.C. Reeves and Councilman Delarian Wiggins hosted a District 7 Town Hall at the Lakeview Activity Center. In his opening remarks, Mayor Reeves described District 7 as the…
Pensacola Christian Ranked Most Conservative Florida College; PSC #8
A new set of 2026 rankings from Niche lists the top 25 of the most liberal and most conservative schools in the state, based on student surveys. St. Petersburg’s Eckerd College was…
Trending News—Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025
The vast majority of our readers have bookmarked this blog and visit at least three times daily, Gannett has figured out how to dominate Google searches, but yet we have loyal followers….
UWF Deletes Office of Campus Culture and Access Webpage
The webpage for the Office of Campus Culture and Access (OCCA), where Aurora Osburn worked, has been deleted. Check it out here. From Old Webpage What is OCCA? “The Office of Campus…