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 a meningitis outbreak that has killed 24…
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, ‘the city needs to take it’s destiny…
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 the Wall South memorial on Bayfront Parkway…
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 that it had found indisputable proof of…
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 from the American Society of Civil Engineers…
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 leading provider of consumer, financial and property…
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). The website GuideStar shows the Form 990…
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 the governor’s office late afternoon,†the commissioner…
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 of the Wall South project in Pensacola…
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 Nike’s. Brad King, an Army veteran, and…
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 to ride with passengers on their daily…
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 donate gently used crutches to their school…
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 the week with a visit to Dharma…
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 for the Division of Elections, explained to…
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 is from Supervisor of Elections David Stafford….
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 top talent for client companies. Typically, the…
City Council’s Back
After a lengthy break due to technical difficulties at city hall, the Pensacola City Council will meet today for its Committee of the Whole. The council will be making appointments to several…
BP Settlement Should Happen in Public Forum, say Environmentalists
By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – It’s a waiting game as BP oil company executives and federal officials meet to discuss the settlement amount the company will have…
What Inspired Robert F. Kennedy’s Fight Against Hunger (photos)
Our cover story this week is on James Meredith, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. and Mississippi (Ghosts of Mississippi, 2012 Version). Bill Moyers has a photo gallery on his website that shows what Sen….
BP: ‘Cofferdam’ is ‘Probable Source’
After three days of inspecting the Macondo well, BP has announced that the current oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico is likely due to the ‘cofferdam’—a 86-ton dome used in one…