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By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The tickets to Associated Industries of Florida’s annual legislative session-eve party are pinned to the bulletin board….

By Jennifer Waters Experts: Local Jails Lack Progressive Programs, Standards The inmate’s request isn’t for better food, smokes or luxuries. “I wish we had NA…

Due to a maximum capacity inside the Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacon 2015 Saturday day passes sold out yesterday. “We knew this year was going to…

Will Lemon defeated reigning StareMaster champion Dave Wiggin at last night’s Rematch of the Decade held at the Saenger Theatre in downtown Pensacola. Ten years…

University of West Florida Upcoming Events March 1-7, 2015 Below are upcoming events at the University of West Florida: Title: Upcoming Century Business Challenge Orientation…

By Sean Boone Inquest Decides Wrongdoing In Teen’s Death The nightly news flickers with a shot of blue lights. A voice follows with information regarding…

Pensacola took over downtown Pensacola on Saturday. I sat in on talks by Dr. Who’s Colin Baker, Star Trek Voyager’s Garrett Wang and Star Trek…

WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, will present Academy Award-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning producer Rory Kennedy on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. as part…

ColorOfChange.org is calling on advertisers to pull their ads from The O’Reilly Factor after news this week that O’Reilly fabricated a story about being attacked…

Six members of the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council recently returned from Washington, D.C., where they attended a meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of…

Crowds are lining up for the second day of Pensacon 2015. I spoke with costumed visitors from Puerto Rico, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. Click here…

By Duwayne Escobedo In a roomful of the best and brightest newspaper and TV reporters from Mobile and Pensacola, no one dared ask the one…

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Pension reform. Gambling. Pot. Alcohol wars. Many of this legislative session’s thorniest issues — and more —…

The Pensacola International Airport has brought in national food services – Einstein’s Bagels, Pensacola (Corona) Beach House, Freshens and, in another three months, Chick-fil-A. The…

UWF’s Eryka Wallace come on Pensacola Speaks yesterday to talk about UWF’s Argos Post Responsibly campaign and battling Internet trolls. She offered this tips: PHOTOS:…

The Pensacola Police Department reissued its 2014 crime stats. How do they compare with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office? Overall Reduction in Crime PPD 8.0…

The word from Cumulus is Pensacola Speaks is a welcomed addition to News Talk 1370AM WCOA. With little fanfare –and primarily this blog and my…

Kent Hovind, the founder of Creation Science Evangelism and the defunct Dinosaur Adventure Land, will be back in Federal Court before Judge Casey Rodgers next…

Press release: Last week, Barbara Petersen, president of Florida’s First Amendment Foundation, sent an open letter to Governor Rick Scott and members of the Florida…

From Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson: Recently in talking with a citizen I mentioned the County spends over $300-million annually on its budget with little…