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Pensacola man on trial for drug conspiracy vanishes before a jury finds him guilty tonight. More
Get ready to go green, Pensacola. More
UWF interim President Judy Bense said tuition hike needed to balance budget cuts. More
The Escambia County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 Thursday to reject a proposal to put a basketball team in the Pensacola Civic Center. More
Increased demand from Asian markets has led to a jump in taking the turtles in the wild. More
Yard sale Saturday will benefit the group's Angel Tree. More
Cardroom gaming at Pensacola Greyhound Track is back on the table after Escambia County commissioners vote tonight to hold a public hearing on the issue. More
The space shuttle and space station will be visible over Northwest Florida just after sunset. More
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suspending all foreclosure sales of occupied homes during the holidays, starting Wednesday. More
The Toys"R"Us in Pensacola was invaded this morning by U.S. Marines on a mission. More
Santa Rosa County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an arsonist burning the Blackwater River State Forest. More
Traveling on and off Santa Rosa Island could get easier in early '09. More
Starting Dec. 1, the eastern section of Fort Pickens will be closed to the public, Gulf Islands National Seashore Superintendent Jerry Eubanks said. More
Jerry Maygarden was recently appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to serve as a board member and director for the Florida Housing Finance Corp. More
Riders, residents can keep up via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube thanks to new social networking launch. More
“Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a hastily called news conference in the Capitol. More
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Days after becoming Florida’s new House speaker, Republican Ray Sansom has taken on a second job — a $110,000 yearly post as chief of the fundraising department of a state college in his district. More
Motorists can expect some travel delays this weekend along Bayfront Parkway as work is being done on the Bayfront Parkway resurfacing project, according to a City of Pensacola news release. More
The company expects to provide 231 jobs on startup and up to 1,100 within five years. More
The Escambia County commission could add card games at the greyhound track. More
HOUSTON (AP) — Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check all their tethers to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn’t float away like one did earlier this week. More
Bill Brees, U.S. Extradition Services spokesman, said that as far as he knows, this is the first time an inmate has escaped from one of their transports. More
The world-famous Lipizzaner Stallions are set to return to the Pensacola Civic Center. The 39th anniversary presentation of the “Dancing White Stallions” is set to appear at the Civic Center for two shows at 2 and 6 p.m. Jan. 25. More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Charlie Crist says he still may propose borrowing from the state’s tobacco settlement trust fund to help avoid a budget deficit even though the fund has lost nearly half its value. More
The Labor Department reported that new applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 last week. More
Gas is selling for less than $2 per gallon in half the United States. More
TALLAHASSEE -- In a dramatic move that would shift power away from the Legislature, Gov. Charlie Crist this morning proposed giving universities the authority to raise tuition by $1.52 billion over the next seven years. More
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama transportation officials will discuss the next step in a construction project on the new U.S. 98 corridor in Mobile County. More
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s casino revenues rebounded in October, showing a $9 million increase over September. More
In a rare victory in the sea war against the Somali pirates, the Indian navy’s INS Tabar sank a suspected pirate “mother ship” in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats on Tuesday. More
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Gulf Power needs to upgrade its transmission lines but nobody wants the huge concrete poles in their neighborhood. 
A new airport hotel could deliver 235 jobs -- all paying more than minimum wage, according to developer Julian McQueen. 
Making financial decisions based on emotion is not a sound retirement plan, says Charles Carlson, the latest speaker in the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition's public lecture series. 
The 1930s and President Roosevelt would have a powerful effect on Pensacola. Governmental expenditures provided jobs and fattened Pensacola's economy. 
My Rossly standoffishness seems to be settling in, just like these wretched laugh lines, as I grow older. 
When Obama turns his back on Wall Street for a while and spends taxpayer money on Main Street, conservatives will label him the same way they labeled FDR. 
I sympathize with deputies recently offended by Sheriff-elect David Morgan's suggestion some of them weren't well-educated. A good deputy doesn't need a Ph.D., but should know the laws being enforced and be reminded to protect the weak from the bullies. 