Scott recommends FAMU president t/b placed on suspension
After returning from a trade mission to Israel today, Governor Scott was briefed by members of his senior staff regarding the latest developments in the…
Urgent Need for O Negative Blood in Pensacola
Pensacola, Florida December 14, 2011 –Northwest Florida Blood Services announces an immediate need for O Negative blood donors. Holiday season emergencies, accidents and surgeries are…
Pensacola Business Challenge Orientation is Tonight
Any future entrepreneurs or businesses who want to participate in the Pensacola Business Challenge are invited to a free orientation tonight at 5:30 p.m. at…
Buzz: Camelot student stabs teacher
We received a phone call last night that a 12-year-old student at Camelot Academy, the school district-endorsed charter school for problem kids, stabbed a teacher…
Viewpoint from Holly Shelton, www.PearlHarborInitiative.com
Regarding Troy Moon’s story in the Pensacola News Journal on December 7, 2011 about Pearl Harbor Survivor, Earline Williams, I read with interest until I…
State Attorney clears TDC
State Attorney Bill Eddins has cleared the Escambia County Tourist Development Commission of any Sunshine Law violations regarding a series of meetings held with hotel…
“Tebowing”
What is Tebowing? (vb) to get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different. Join…
Video: Gingrich keeps his perch on top of GOP polls
Newt Gingrich continues to lead Mitt Romney in the polls, but the race for the Republican nomination is not over yet. CBS News political correspondent…
Buzz: Sexual battery at West Pensacola Elementary
The cover-ups continue in the Escambia County school system. A female child was allegedly inappropriately touched by an older student at a bus stop. The…
State lawmaker continue to screw with public education
Next to guns, the favorite target of lawmakers is public education. Every year Florida legislator tinker with what has to be taught in school—while still…
Trojan man under attack
An antitrust investigation to determine if an unlawful monopoly exists in the condom industry was back on track after the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Safety Board recommends no cellphones while driving
The National Transportation Safety Board is suggesting a nationwide ban on all cellphone use while driving. The board called distracted driving the new DUI and…
Federal Budget Infographic
The federal government’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2011 was $1.3 trillion; at 8.7% of gross domestic product (GDP 2011: $15 trillion)–which is the sum…
No we’re not kidding Part 2
 55 year old Florida woman thinks  Joran van der Sloot is “very sweet†and compares his plight to that of poor innocent dolphins that died…
NHL players talks about his sexual abuse
NHL star Sheldon Kennedy told a U.S. Senate panel today that of the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his coach as a…
No, we’re not kidding….
Tuba thefts are rampant in California. … According to the LA Times
Gas Cash
Although the Pensacola City Council approved the borrowing of $5 million for improvements and purchases for its natural gas infrastructure, it was not without some…
Gulf Power exec to chair Great Northwest
(Northwest Florida) Dec. 13, 2011—Florida’s Great Northwest, the regional economic development organization for the 16-county Florida Panhandle region, announces the following Officers, Board of Directors…
Video: Sandusky Attorney waives preliminary hearing
The defense attorney for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said his client opted against a preliminary hearing in his child molestation case,…
City Employee Union: Bargaining in good faith
Good-faith bargaining generally refers to the duty of the parties to meet and negotiate at reasonable times with willingness to reach agreement on matters within…
