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Few good things happen around Tom Ann Buddy’s

Late Wednesday afternoon, the Pensacola Police Department issued a press release involving an incident that resulted in two officers being placed on administrative leave and…

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Who applied to be an assistant city administrator

Former County Administrator Bob McLaughlin did not apply. The man who followed him as interim and handled the BP Oil Spill did –Larry Newsom. Policy…

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Raschein, Gaetz haul in campaign cash in August

From The News Service of Florida: In what was a relatively quiet fundraising month for state lawmakers, Rep. Holly Raschein, R-Key Largo, collected $28,821 in…

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Backroom Briefing: Lobbyist miscues laid out in Legislative Report

(Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida) BY BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA So far, the legislative effort to review lobbying…

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Remembering 9/11/01

When the airliners crashed into the Twin Towers, we were having a sales meeting. The television was on CNN in another part of the office….

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WUWF report gives clues to the future of DeepFlex

WUWF radio has a segment on DeepFlex and its future at the Port of Pensacola. In June 2014, the city announced that DeepFlex agreed to…

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PLT opens ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ on Sept. 18

Press release: What do an evil queen, a cursed king, a prince who can’t marry, and a princess who can’t sleep have in common? If…

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Body cam video conflicts with statements by Chief Alexander

In his press release, Chief David Alexander gave this description of the incident inside Allen Chapel AME Church: “Officer Darling waited outside the sanctuary and…

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Public records give a fuller picture of Allen Chapel incident

Before he issued his statement on Sunday about the Allen Chapel incident, Chief David Alexander didn’t contact Pastor Freddie Tellis or Escambia County Sheriff David…

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Florida Taxi vs. Uber battle, Round 2

CAB COMPANIES LAUNCH INSURANCE CHALLENGE IN UBER WAR BY DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Taxicab companies in Broward County and Tallahassee filed their…

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Body cam video from Allen Chapel incident

The body cam videos from the Allen Chapel incident. You can hear the pastor asking the officer to have a seat:   The supervisor arrives…

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Hayward: ‘We do not want to slow down the bridge process’

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward told Inweekly this morning that he had no intention of slowing down the construction of the Pensacola Bay Bridge. He had…

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