Pensacola IB students backpack program flies high
- June 9, 2015
- / Staff Reports
- / education
Pensacola High School International Baccalaureate students are raising money and awareness to help the maintenance department’s backpack program, which provide nutritious snacks to be sent home with kids to eat during weekends.
Time to find a home for new Escambia jail?
- June 8, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / government
On Thursday, Escambia Commissioners could discuss where to build a new jail, a project with a price tag estimated at $161 million.
Santa Rosa to start administrator search process
- June 8, 2015
- / Louis Cooper
- / government
Santa Rosa County is getting ready to seek applicants for its top non-elected governmental job as Hunter Walker retires after 20 years on the job.
Difference persist in budget negotiations
- June 8, 2015
- / BRANDON LARRABEE
- / government
Lawmakers were back in Tallahassee this weekend, but many of the same divisions remain as they try to put a budget in place by June 20, 10 days before the state must have a spending plan in place to avoid a government shutdown.
Former UWF golfer David Lingmerth earns first PGA Tour win
- June 8, 2015
- / Staff Reports
- / community-dashboard
The native of Tranas, Sweden, earns an automatic birth into the Masters Tournament and the PGA Championship with the win and a three-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
Justin Gatlin faces the best of the best in July
- June 8, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / training-development
Pensacola's Justin Gatlin set to take on Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay on July 9 at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting.
Pensacola under siege by '3-Headed Shark Attack'
- June 8, 2015
- / Mike Ensley
- / video
Because two heads are just not enough, film studio The Asylum's latest film, "3-Headed Shark Attack," much of which was filmed in Pensacola, now has a trailer online.
Record low for school bus accidents in Escambia County
- June 8, 2015
- / Staff Reports
- / community-dashboard
School buses are designed to be safer than passenger vehicles in avoiding dangerous accidents and preventing injuries to passengers from collisions. In Escambia County, school bus at-fault accidents dropped to all-time low in 2014-2015.
Pensacola Museum of Art offers kids free admission, special activities
- June 8, 2015
- / Mike Ensley
- / community-dashboard
The Pensacola Museum of Art is offering children 11 and under free admission, with the purchase of an adult admission ticket, from June 9-14.
Sharing successes of a student-led ‘green fee’
- June 8, 2015
- / Sean MJ Smith
- / community-dashboard
Talia Smith, who helped drive support for UWF’s student green energy fee, is the guest speaker at the next 350 Pensacola meeting on June 9.