Last week, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners was presented a report on the three possible sites on which to build a new county jail and booking facility – see 9166_Esc Jail-SiteEvaluation_101515….
Warrington tax collector office opens today
Janet Holley, Escambia County Tax Collector, opens today the Warrington office at its new location, 4051 Barrancas Avenue, Suite A, in the Warrington Shopping Center. The previous location was closed after flooding…
The FOO FOO Three Tenors
Press release: Pensacola Opera is pleased to present The Foo Foo Three Tenors on Sunday, November 15 at 3 p.m. at the Blue Wahoos Stadium as a part of the second annual…
Healthy Halloween Party
Press release: The Junior League of Pensacola and Sacred Heart Hospital are once again teaming up to offer children and families a healthy and safe option for celebrating Halloween. The third annual…
Podcast: Ingram on Senate districts
The Florida Legislature is meeting in special session to determine the boundaries for the Florida Senate districts. The Florida House is at an advantage in these deliberations because its members’ districts have…
UWF Historic Trust lays out its plans for downtown Pensacola
Press release: The University of West Florida Historic Trust unveiled its interpretive master plan to the public on Tuesday during an event at the Museum of Commerce in Downtown Pensacola. UWF President…
Rolling Hills surrenders bond
According to Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown, the bonding company for Rolling Hill C&D landfill has surrounded the bond for the closure of the facility in the Wedgewood neighborhood – $651,633. Brown…
Crist launches bid for hometown Congressional seat
BY DARA KAM AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is staging another comeback, this time in a bid for a newly crafted congressional district in…
Podcast: The Honesty Gap on how we measure student achievement
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” I interviewed Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, on how the state of Florida should define student proficiency. There is pressure to lower standards,…
Judge to consider legal fees in same-sex marriage fight
A federal appeals court this week dismissed Florida’s legal fight about same-sex marriage and said a lower-court judge should consider questions about whether the state is required to pay attorney’s fees for…
RESTORE returns from summer vacation (ranking of all projects)
by Jeremy Morrison The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee Tuesday stepped into the home stretch of its lengthy journey as members convened for the first time since summer and mapped out…
CMPA to unveil statue of late Pensacola Mayor Emeritus Vince J. Whibbs Sr.
Press release: The family of Vince J. Whibbs, Sr. and the Community Maritime Park Associates invite the community to attend an unveiling ceremony for a life-size statue of the former Pensacola mayor…
The ITEX Group has two more proposed local housing projects
When the BCC approved the housing grants earlier this month, The ITEX Group had three projects on the list: Hallmark Village, Encore Park and Legacy Gardens. Encore Park is the old motor…
Senate removes Confederate flag from seal
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Without a formal vote, the Florida Senate on Monday agreed to strip the Confederate battle flag from its official seal, removing one of the…
Clash marks opening of redistricting session
Rep. Clay Ingram will be on “Pensacola Speaks” this afternoon to give an update on the special session. REDISTRICTING SESSION KICKS OFF WITH A CLASH By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF…
Is a retirement village in the future for Hallmark site?
Two days after the daily newspaper published that the mayor’s wife, An Hayward, and former business partner, Matt Pair, had been bought out of a LLC that owned the closed Hallmark Elementary School,…
Trump leads Carson in latest poll of Florida Republican voters
A new University of North Florida statewide poll of Republican primary likely voters reveals that if the Republican primary were held today, Donald Trump would garner the most votes with 21.7 percent….
Studers host Marshall Tucker Band concert for Springfest supporters
Press Release: Thank you to music festival supporters! As a thank you to all that supported the effort to bring back Springfest, a downtown music festival, a thank you concert is being…
Town Hall meeting on proposal jail sites, Oct. 27
Escambia County staff will hold a special town hall meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Chambers (Room 100) of the Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building (221 Palafox…
Podcast: UWF Historic Trust to make big announcement today
The University of West Florida today will unveil the UWF Historic Trust Interpretive Master Plan. Last week, I interviewed Rob Overton, Chief Operating Officer of the UWF Historic Trust, about Pensacola’s rich…