Hayward on Pensions
city press release: Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward will hold a press conference tomorrow (Friday, December 21) at approximately 2:15 PM to make an announcement about…
Buybacks and a Floating Holiday
The Escambia County Commission paved the way this morning for county employees to buyback accrued leave time and also approved a “floating holiday,†which this…
Sticky fingers caught with $18 million of maple syrup. Mrs. Buttersworth?
New York Times reports that Quebec police have arrested three men in connection with the theft of $18-million worth of maple syrup from a warehouse….
Pensacola, Milton Wal-Marts sold out of semi-automatic rifles
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. has suspended sales of rifles similar to the one used at Sandy Hook school at its more than 500 stores. Wal-Mart…
Wooden Ships
Columbus has landed. Or, at least replicas of his ‘Pinta’ and ‘Nina,’ are docked at the end of Palafox Place. The wooden ships arrived around…
County Looks for Lorax
Escambia County needs someone to represent environmental concerns on an advisory committee being formed to prioritize uses for the expected RESTORE Act money. The county…
Simplest response to Sandy Hook: More School Resource Officers
Rather than arming every school teacher, the simplest response to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary is for Escambia and Santa Rosa school districts to…
The Discussion Will Not Be Televised
The Escambia County Commission is holding a special meeting Thursday to discuss the specifics of the employee-leave buyout voted on last week, as well as…
Dead body indentified. It is a homicide
Escambia County Investigators have identified Alfred L. Watson, 28, of Pensacola found this morning as the victim of a homicide. Today about 8:50 am deputies…
Merger helps Gulf Winds Federal expand to Tallahassee
Press Release: Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union announces their merger with SCORE Federal Credit Union (SCORE FCU) in Tallahassee, Fla. The merger has been approved…
Libertarian Party answer to Sandy Hook: More guns, of course
Press Release: Libertarian Party: Halt the Massacre of Innocent Children by Ending Prohibition on Self-Defense in Schools Families throughout the nation mourn the horrific deaths…
Schieffer: Too afraid to make world safer for kids? (video)
Bob Schieffer asks if legislators have become too afraid of powerful lobbies to explore ways to make world safer for children. Source: CBS
Dead body found
Press Release: Escambia County deputies are investigating a body which was located in the woods near Wentworth St and Maxwell St about 08:50 a.m. this…
More gunshots in west Pensacola
Gunshots rang out in the early hours of Sunday morning on Cervantes at the Travel Inn, a block west of Tom Ann Buddy’s. According to…
Guest Viewpoint: Universal Responsibility
By Winslow Myers— “O that there were some virtue in my tears . . .â€â€”Shakespeare– One of the Dalai Lama’s first principles is something he…
5,740 Children and Teens were Killed by Guns in 2008 and 2009
The Children’s Defense Fund published earlier this year a report (Protect Children, Not Guns 2012) on the rise of gun deaths of children and teens….
Obama speaks on school shooting
“I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every resource he needs to investigate,too many…
Lewis Bear, Jr. named chairman of UWF Board of Trustees
Today, the University of West Florida Board of Trustees voted to name Trustee Lewis Bear, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Trustee Mort O’Sullivan vice…
Big Deal at the Airport
A big deal is brewing at the Pensacola International Airport. While local officials have kept the lid on the details fairly tight, it appears something…
Strike Two: state attorney says no Sunshine violation on veto press conference
State Attorney has found no violation of the Sunshine Law during the Mayor’s press conference regarding his veto of a budget amendment. Councilwoman Myers had…
