The City of Pensacola will install two new stop signs on Thursday, June 22 at the intersection of Reus Street and Government Street, which will convert the intersection from a 2-way stop…
Backroom Briefing: Water Boarding
Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Senate leaders weren’t going to let a year-old outburst aimed at state lawmakers…
Daily Outtakes: Presidential aspirations
Who will visit Pensacola? Over the past two decades, Pensacola has been a favorite stop of Republican presidential candidates. George W. Bush, John McCain, Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney…
Last Word: Francine Maxime
Francesca Maxime Inweekly, 11/9/2006 The new WEAR anchor has worked as a reporter and anchor in Binghamton, N.Y, Boston, Hartford, Conn., Philadelphia and Syracuse, N.Y. Some of the national stories she has…
United Way allocates $470K
United Way of West Florida announced the allocation of almost $470,000 in grant funding for Fiscal Year 2023-24 to partner programs. These transformational investments will enable our community-based organizations to continue their…
Real News: Quint and the Queen
The Studer Community Institute is hosting “Investing in Human Capital” from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Rex Theatre. Quint Studer shares the details. Register here. Lauren Bonner, this’s year Fiesta…
$170K for Larry Butler scholarship fund
The University of West Florida celebrated a $170,000 donation to UWF Dr. Grier Williams School of Music in support of the Larry Butler Memorial Music Scholarship Fund on Monday, June 12, at Flora-Bama in…
Daily Outtakes: For the children
Trust Update Early childhood detection and mental were the two issues the Escambia Children’s Trust tackled on Tuesday morning. The board approved allotting $1.35 million for Arc Gateway to implement the Escambia…
Last Word: Sonya Smith
In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust Questionnaire – which had its origins in…
Real News: Crazy Tuesday
Commissioner Robert Bender shares the weekend’s traffic numbers on Pensacola Beach and gives an update on county business. The annual Pensacola Sports Racquet Round-Up – a series of free summer tennis clinics…
Lower fuel costs to trim FPL bills
State regulators Tuesday approved a plan that will trim Florida Power & Light customers’ bills because of lower-than-expected costs of natural gas used to fuel power plants. The reductions will start to…
Downtown shooting suspects arrested
Pensacola Police served search warrants at two different houses yesterday and made arrests in the shooting case from Jefferson and Government St. which occurred early Sunday morning. Rashawn Lamar Posey was arrested…