Negative ads appear to work, Hill surging ahead in latest poll

SaintPetersblog.com is reporting that Mike Hill has surged to a 12-point lead in the House District 2 GOP primary over former Gulf Breeze mayor Ed…

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Commissioner Barry’s Town Hall

Escambia County District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry will hold an open forum town hall meeting on Monday. The May 13 town hall is scheduled for…

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Mike Hill gets taste of his own medicine

In Republican primary for House District 2, Mike Hill and his supporters have taken several swings at Ed Gray and Jack Nobles. As we get…

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Auditor waiting on info from Amex to close gift card investigation

Escambia Clerk of Courts released this letter from Saltmarsh, Cleaveland and Gund to the Greater Pensacola Chamber: Mr. Gary Huston, Treasurer Greater Pensacola Chamber 117…

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Boy Scouts’ Late Night with City Council

After an expected 6-3 vote on the first ordinance, everyone knew how the rest of the evening would go. The Pensacola City Council would hold…

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ECAT launches student wheels pass,

Press Release: Students can ride for $25 from Memorial Day till Labor Day. Representatives from Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) are proud to announce the…

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Zac Brown has his own Landshark can

Landshark Lager is giving fans of Zac Brown Band a unique, all-access pass to the band this summer. The Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band will…

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At-Large and Homeless

The Pensacola City Council will consider this evening whether to put the dropping of its two at-large seats before voters and continue discussing a trio…

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$hovel Ready

The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee heard from the Greater Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce this week and got a feel for the organization’s…

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Transition audit blasts Magaha

After she was sworn in as Escambia County Clerk of Court, Pam Childers engaged Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC to perform an independent evaluation of…

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The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Announces New Leadership

Press Release: The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of Lieutenant General Duane D. Thiessen, USMC (Ret) as the new President…

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Hertz to relocate to Lee County

Press Release: Yesterday, the Hertz Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark P. Frissora, Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of Commerce Gray Swoope were joined…

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Beck’s CMP Negotiation Tomorrow

Parcel one will be on the table tomorrow morning during a Community Maritime Park Associates negotiation meeting. The meeting will consist of representatives from the…

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Sexual assaults in military are up, alarmingly

A survey released by the Pentagon yesterday estimates that sexual assaults in the military have increased over 36 percent since 2010–jumping from 19,000 people in…

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Backing Out of Backing In

The Downtown Improvement Board decided this morning to back out of downtown’s back-in parking space system. “It was pretty much the result of a fairly…

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Hayward announces he is running for a second term

Mayor Ashton Hayward used his press conference on Southwest Airlines to announce that he is running for a second term. According to the daily, Hayward…

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Viewpoint: More Practical Approach to Medicaid

By Grover Robinson, Escambia Co. Commissioner Another Florida Legislative Session has just ended and for 19-million Floridians there are a host of new issues and…

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Council’s CMPA Divide

By Jeremy Morrison… Pensacola City Attorney Jim Messer seemed unclear on exactly what City Councilman Brian Spencer was wanting of him during last night’s Committee…

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Catholic Crusaders baseball playoff game broadcast today

The Catholic Crusaders baseball playoff game Tuesday evening will be broadcast on the Catholic Crusaders Sports Network. The Regional Semifinal at Madison County High School…

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Ordinances Finding a Home

As the Pensacola City Council considered blessing a collection of ordinances that are “not directed toward any particular group,” a young woman relayed to them…

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