Hayward Nominates Terry for RESTORE
By Jeremy Morrison Mayor Ashton Hayward has called for a special Pensacola City Council meeting tomorrow to consider his new nominee for the city’s seat…
Street Buzz: Another home invasion and shooting
I was awakened this morning by a phone call from a source. According to him, Victor Rome was shot twice last night after armed men…
Deleting text messages may be a crime for public officials
Watch a county commission or city council meeting and you will see some of the board members scanning their cell phones every few minutes. Then…
New Airport Exec Nominated
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has nominated Gregory Donovan to serve as the next director of the Pensacola International Airport. He will seek confirmation from the…
Photos: 2013 Rising Stars Party
Last night, Seville Quarter hosted our Sixth Annual Rising Stars Party. We asked all the guests to take photos with our cell phones. Is the…
County: Landfill Fire ‘Extinguished’
Here’s the latest statement from Escambia County regarding the fire at the Cove Landfill: The Florida Department of Health Escambia County Health Department has lifted…
Districts across the state look at school safety
The Fort Walton Beach Daily News reports today on a survey regarding school resource officers in the 67 Florida counties that was recently released by…
Street Buzz: Is Pensacola Gang War about to go to another level of violence?
On Martin Luther King Day, a white man pulls into the county park behind the Marie Young Community Center in the Wedgewood and Pinestead neighborhoods…
Life in drug culture on the west side of Pensacola
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body found last Friday in a field behind Alternative Powersports, near Kenmore Boulevard. Investigators said it appeared…
Penzone Lost in Gray Area
With three days left to meet an end-of-the-month deadline, the Pensacola City Council today walked away from David Penzone, the mayor’s choice to represent the…
So much for city transparency. Special meeting not televised
Unless there is some super-secret code to the City of Pensacola website, I can’t find the online stream to today’s Special Council Meeting on the…
Messer: ‘Reevaluate the Role’
City Attorney Jim Messer sent an email to various Pensacola officials this morning concerning the parameters of his role. The email seems to have been…
Live NiteClub closes
On its Facebook page, Live NiteClub has notified its fans that the bar on Highway 29 and Nine Mile Road has shutdown. WE ARE VERY…
Massive response to Seattle Police gun buy back
Yesterday, Seattle Police had its first gun back-buy event in 20 years. The response was so massive that the SPD had to turn away people…
Violence Recap for the week: Two shootings, Two possible homicides
These are the shootings and homicides culled from the websites of Escambia Sheriff’s Office and Pensacola Police Department: Monday, Jan. 21 Pensacola Police investigate a…
New Warrington Road Shooting
ECSO Release: Escambia Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an afternoon shooting on New Warrington Rd. Deputies responded to a call of a shooting victim in the…
RESTORE Committee Taking Shape
Escambia County Commission’s RESTORE Act advisory committee is beginning to take shape. While the full committee will reveal itself by the end of the month,…
Landfill Fire ‘Smoldering’
Escambia County is still working the Cove Landfill fire. While the health advisory issued is still in effect, progress is reportedly being made. “Made good…
Bare asserts meeting was unlawful
Pensacola Councilman Charles Bare issued the following press release to the media this afternoon: CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO PUT CITY RESIDENTS FIRST Adjourning Today’s Meeting…
Nine-percent of NRA members support mentally-ill having guns
Of course, that’s not how the National Rifle Association wants me to report on its latest survey, but it’s crazy that nine-percent don’t have a…
