Sponsorship Needed for “Pancakes with Santa”
Press Release: Cordova Rotary is seeking sponsorships of all levels for its third annual Pancakes with Santa breakfast. Local businesses can support this worthwhile event…
Halloween Hosted by YMCA
Press Release: The Y will host its annual Halloween at the YMCA, which provides hundreds of special needs kids with a unique trick or treating…
Chamber, Rove and others spend $9.5M to defeat Nelson
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NRA, Karl Rove’s PAC and others PACs are out to defeat incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL). The Democratic PACs…
Pensacola Romney Rally: Voices from the Crowd
By James Hagan…. Romney Rally Fires Up Locals… Long a conservative stronghold, Pensacola greeted Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney with an enthusiastic capacity crowd at…
Mitt’s Pensacola Party
Having waited hours for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the full house at the Pensacola Bay Center was dancing in the aisles. Literally, to a…
Romneyland
After descending from the upper level of the Pensacola Bay Center, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a moment for a group hug with Sen….
No Statement from Mayor on FOP’s Accusations
A day after the local police union requested that the Pensacola City Council investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward for misusing his office to intimidate officers, a…
Readers tell what happened at Gallery Night
We asked readers for their takes on how the Pensacola Police Department handled the re-opening of Palafox at 9 p.m. at the end of the…
Peacock Disputes FOP’s Statement
Downtown Improvement Board member John Peacock is disputing the local police union’s version of a Gallery Night incident it brought before the Pensacola City Council…
Who is leading in Electoral votes
To be elected president a candidate needs 270 electoral votes. Most media has Obama ahead, but with plenty of votes undecided. The New York Times…
Grand jury clears TEAM Santa Rosa of any criminal charges
The Santa Rosa County Grand Jury has completed its review of numerous allegations involving TEAM Santa Rosa, which handled the county’s economic development efforts until…
How does the Electoral Process work
The U.S. National Archives have created a webpage that explains the Electoral College. The Electoral College is not a place but is the process by…
Police Union Requests Investigation of Hayward
The local police union has requested that the Pensacola City Council subpoena and investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward regarding an incident that occurred during the Oct….
Studer Group Ranked Fourth on 2012 Best Small and Medium Workplace List
Press Release: Great Place to Work named Studer Group as one of the best small and medium workplaces in the United States on their annual…
NYT features owners of drug manufacturer responsible for Meningitis outbreak
The New York Times has a story on the Conigliaro family, who owns the New England Compounding Center–the source of a fungus that led to…
City Explores Charter School
Should the city of Pensacola start a charter school? It’s a question the Pensacola City Council may decide to start exploring tonight. “It’s really saying,…
Tax forms reveal more on Veteran’s Park foundation and its operations
The Independent News has received copies the tax returns for 2009, 2010 and 2011 of the Pensacola Veterans Memorial Park Foundation, that built and maintained…
Red Alert: Tea Party claims Obama fix is in. See the proof.
I’m on the email lists of some of the extremists from both sides of the presidential election. Tea Party.org sent out a “Red Alert” claiming…
Engineers give Florida infrastructure in Coastal areas a D-
To balance the state budget over the past few years, the governor and state legislators have raid the state’s transportation trust fund. A new report…
Area foreclosure rate double national rate
Foreclosure rates in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent increased for the month of August over the same period last year, according to newly released data from CoreLogic, a…
