Four to be Inducted to Pensacola State College’s Athletics Hall of Fame
Four to be Inducted to Pensacola State College’s Athletics Hall of Fame
Four of Pensacola State’s most-accomplished Pirates will make up the College’s 2021 Athletics Hall of Fame class. The honorees are Sen. Doug Broxson, president of the College’s first booster club; Catherine “Miss G” Gifford, a 50-year PSC employee who served as a student-athlete tutor for more than 30 years; Gerald McArthur, official scorer for the … read more
Santa Rosa Projects Announced as Finalists for 2021 IMPACT 100 Grants
Santa Rosa Projects Announced as Finalists for 2021 IMPACT 100 Grants
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, today announced 15 grant finalists selected for 2021. Out of the finalists, 11 will be selected to receive a grant of $101,820 at the IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Annual Meeting, which will take place October 17. The fifteen finalists selected by IMPACT 100’s Focus Area … read more
Navarre Artist Aims to Enliven Rooms and Create Fun Pieces for Entertaining
Navarre Artist Aims to Enliven Rooms and Create Fun Pieces for Entertaining
Claudia Bant is a talented local artist, gifted in multiple mediums including resin, who can transform boring walls or furniture into gorgeous, unique focal points. She has an eye for design, especially abstract art, and uses that to transform rooms. Although living in a coastal community means she gets many requests for beach-themed art, she … read more
Pensacola Interstate Fair Announces 2021 Entertainment Lineup
Pensacola Interstate Fair Announces 2021 Entertainment Lineup
Returning for its 87th season Thursday, Oct. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 31, Pensacola’s biggest and longest-running annual agricultural and entertainment tradition returns, bringing with it the excitement of attractions and screams from exhilarating rides, exhibits, fair food, fun and shows for the whole family. This year’s Pensacola Interstate Fair entertainment lineup includes: THURSDAY, OCT. 21 … read more
Florida Sheriffs Deploy Team to Louisiana to Assist with Hurricane Ida Recovery Efforts
Florida Sheriffs Deploy Team to Louisiana to Assist with Hurricane Ida Recovery Efforts
Sheriffs and their dedicated staff throughout Florida are coming together to assist residents and public safety leaders of Louisiana as they work to recover from the devastating impacts caused by Hurricane Ida. The category four hurricane made landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2021. The Florida Division of Emergency Management, … read more
Adams Sanitation Plans Legal Action Against Santa Rosa County
Adams Sanitation Plans Legal Action Against Santa Rosa County
Adams Sanitation plans to file a Writ of Certiorari against Santa Rosa County for cancelling its September 9 permit appeal hearing. Adams Sanitation also affirms its intent to provide twice weekly garbage service in South Santa Rosa County, starting October 1. Adams Sanitation asserts the county “improperly” provided an exclusive franchise agreement to Waste Pro … read more
Federal Civil Rights Charges Against Former Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Officer
Federal Civil Rights Charges Against Former Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Officer
Andrew J. Femmer, 29, of Tampa, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for depriving an inmate his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment as well as for falsifying official reports, announced Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida today. The indictment alleges that … read more
UWF’s President Emeritus Appointed to Florida Historical Commission
UWF’s President Emeritus Appointed to Florida Historical Commission
Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Five to the Florida Historical Commission Florida Governor Ron DeSantis today announced the appointment of Rick Gonzalez, Michael Francis, Kathleen Kauffman, Judith Bense and Clifford Smith to the Florida Historical Commission. Bense, of Pensacola, is an archaeologist who sine 1980 has been at the University of West Florida, where she founded … read more
Local Duo’s Video Premiers Monday on The Country Network
Local Duo’s Video Premiers Monday on The Country Network
Photos courtesy Jessie Ritter and Austin Forman Florida Panhandle musicians Jessie Ritter and Austin Forman recently teamed up to perform an original song, “The One Who Cares the Least,” which was co-written by Forman and Bobby Walkup of Navarre. The video premiers at 8:40 a.m., Monday, September 6 on The Country Network (TCN). Ritter in … read more
Roger Stone Backs Local Musician
Roger Stone Backs Local Musician
Roger Stone, a political consultant for multiple U.S. Presidents since the 1970s known for using guerilla tactics in political warfare, has singled out a local musician he intends to make the modern troubadour of the Republican Party. Austin Forman last year shot to success with the viral political hit “Pallets Full of Ballots,” which he … read more
