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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Pensacola Veterans Memorial Park Foundation shows no receivable or income from VFW Post

In 2004, the Vietnam Veterans Wall South Foundation filed a report with the state to change its name to Pensacola Veterans Memorial Park Foundation (Wallnamechange)….

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Grover and the Governor

Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson will be in Tallahassee tomorrow. He’s looking to meet with Florida Gov. Rick Scott. “My hope is to meet with…

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Exclusive: Military feared Wall South funds would be diverted to a drinking hooch. They were right

The former treasurer of the Wall South Foundation says that Commander of the Defense Commissary Agency that raised half million dollars for the ongoing maintenance…

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Friends to run marathon for Wounded Warrriors

By Shelby Smithey… Two friends will be among nearly 1600 people running the 8th annual Pensacola Marathon on Nov. 11, but they won’t be wearing…

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ATU Local 1395 celebrates National Transit Voter Week

By Shelby Smithey… Local County Commission candidates gave a few short speeches Tuesday morning before stepping on a bus at the Rosa Parks Bus Station…

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Krutches for Kids

Press Release: The Andrews Institute, an affiliate of Baptist Health Care, announces the launch of the “Krutches for Kids” drive, a fundraiser urging parents to…

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Mack, Nelson Rally Local Supporters

Both candidates for Florida’s U.S. Senate race made their way to Pensacola this week en route to Election Day. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) started off…

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GOP says its members are target of fake letters

The website The Daily Caller is reporting that Charles Callaghan, a Republican from Ponte Vedra, received one of the fraudulent letters Saturday. Chris Cate, spokesman…

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More voter fraud in Escambia County

NorthEscambia.com is reporting that at least two Escambia County voters have received a letter questioning their citizenship. The letter is made to look like it…

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America Co.’s Search for CEO

Jay Rosenzweig and Robert Waite, two international head hunters, have analyzed the two presidential candidates in the same way executive recruiters do when searching for…

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