This press release was issued by city @ 8 p.m.: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2015 Contact: Tamara Fountain, Chief Operations Officer Judge rules in favor of City in Occupy Pensacola lawsuit…
PS: City Council approved new city attorney
On Pensacola Speaks, Councilman Charles Bare said that Lysia Bowling was approved last night as the new city attorney. The item was an agenda add-on.
PS today: Charlotte’s Web, City Council and New Jail
The slate of interviews on today’s Pensacola Speaks includes Tallahassee insider Ryan Wiggins on Charlotte’s Web, Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare on the surprises at last night’s council meeting, and Commissioner Lumon…
PS podcast: Hovind trial, Gifted students and Manning arrest
This podcast contains the remainder of the Thursday, March 12 interviews on Pensacola Speaks. Attorney Chris Klotz offers insights into the Hovind trial. Debbie Dunkearly gives a report on the first Gifted…
Manna and Winn Dixie team up
MANNA Food Pantries is teaming up with Winn-Dixie for a four week in-store Community Donation Program to raise funds and awareness for the hungry in Northwest Florida. Customers and supporters are encouraged…
Lawmakers continue to tinker with education
LAWMAKERS CONSIDER AN EARLIER START FOR SCHOOLS By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA In the shadow of the state’s recent standardized-testing problems and proposals to curb the amount of time…
Pensacola Speaks podcast: Studers may build park on ECUA site
On Pensacola Speaks on Thursday, Quint Studer said that he and his wife Rishy are considering developing the old Main Street Sewage treatment plant site as a public park. They are looking…
Lawmakers rake in cash before session opened
Florida lawmakers are allowed to raise campaign funds while in session, but several GOP legislators did very well in February before the 2015 session opened. Political committees linked to four powerful Senate…
Child dies while state wrangles with Charlotte’s Web rules
On March 4, a 10-year-old boy died. Isaac had been battling severe seizures for years. His parents, Ben and Emily Carew, were part of the grassroots effort that got Charlotte’s web legalized…
Manhunt ends: Mannings in custody
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Escambia County Warrants Task Force partners have taken Douglas Albert Manning, 47, and Leah Giannotti Manning, 40 into custody at 12:30 local time this afternoon in Colorado. The couple…
Pensacola Speaks: Hovind guilty, find out how it went down
On Pensacola Speaks today, I will interview Chris Klotz, who represented Dr. Kent Hovind’s co-defendent Paul John Hansen. This morning, the jury in the federal trial found Hovind guilty on one of…
Santa Rosa County Commissioner charged with Sunshine violation
State Attorney Bill Eddins has charged Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole with a non-criminal violation of the Government-in-Sunshine Law. It is punishable by a fine not exceeding $500. Cole is a…
Pensacola Speaks podcast: Sheriff says shooting may be tied to teen gang
Sheriff David Morgan said on Pensacola Speaks yesterday that a recent homicide where the victim was burned beyond recognition may be gang-related. At approximately 4:00 am last Friday, deputies responded to the…
NAACP never approved Hawthorne ‘compromise’ letter
At the commission’s Committee of the Whole, Charles Thornton, president of the Pensacola branch of the NAACP, told the Board of County Commissioners that his board never approved the letter sent by…
Advocate questions need to expand panhandling laws
Nathan Monk, a local advocate for the homeless, has concerns over the city of Pensacola considering stricter panhandling laws and only partially repealing the homeless ordinances passed in 2013. “My biggest concern…
The science behind medical cannabis oil (Charlotte’s Web) discussed tonight
Realm of Caring Florida invites you to an educational lecture: “The Science behind medical cannabis oil” When: 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, March 12 Where: Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) Pensacola 40…
Guns may be coming to an elementary school near you
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A measure that would allow school employees and volunteers to carry guns on campus was approved by a House panel Wednesday as lawmakers continue…
Askew named to Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame
The late Gov. Reubin Askew and civil-rights leaders Sallye B. Mathis and Edward Daniel Davis were named this week by Gov. Rick Scott as inductees to the Florida Civil Rights Hall of…
TaxWatch recommends more state funding for mental health
Seeing getting help for those battling mental issues as a public safety issue, Florida TaxWatch wants the state to increase funding for mental health service, pointing out that Florida ranks 49th in…
Evers will pursue investigation into DOC cover-ups with FBI, if necessary
Sen. Greg Evers, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, said in a radio interview yesterday that he plans to pursue an investigation into alleged cover-ups at the Department of Corrections, even…