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Yahoo
3 days ago
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Who's the top QB in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties in 2025? Vote in our poll
On July 28, the PNJ released a list of quarterbacks to watch in both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. You'll notice we didn't rank them. That's where football fanatics come in. Time for vote for the best QB in the area of the seven we posted on July 28. Cast your vote in the poll below. Voting for the area's best QB will close on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 11 a.m. Note: this vote does not have any impact on the end-of-season All-Area awards. This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Vote: Best QB in Pensacola area entering high school football season
USA Today
3 days ago
- Business
- USA Today
‘American Dream' making a comeback as President Trump makes country great again
Opinions expressed in Letters to the Editor are those of our readers and not the Pensacola News Journal. In order for letters to be considered for publication, they must be 250 words or less and include your full name, address and phone number. Only your name and city of residence will be published. Submission does not guarantee publication. Email submissions to opinion@ 'American Dream' making a comeback because of President Trump President Donald Trump's skill as a negotiator is clearly illustrated by major companies, e.g., GE, IBM, J&J, Apple, Merck, and others planning to build factories in America. More jobs plus new tax deductions create opportunities for all Americans. Joe Biden's open-door policy released millions of illegal aliens into the United States. Remember the caravans of thousands of illegals walking from South America through Mexico to the U.S.? Many of the women and children were abused or killed. President Trump and his staff are working hard to arrest and deport the most dangerous illegals first. Unfortunately, liberal Democrats stand in his way at every turn. He has even had to call out the National Guard to maintain the rule of law in California. I for one am sick and tired of liberal Democrats doing nothing but complaining about Trump rather than helping to 'Make America Great Again.' God bless America. William Thomas, Pensacola Why can't utility companies share conduits already in place? For years we have had Cox underground cables in our neighborhood to locate every time we want to plant a bush. Then, this spring, AT&T puts in their fiber cable service by digging up patches of our yards, tunneling under driveways and installing separate cable conduits and access boxes (and incidentally busting the water main in two places on 12th Avenue). Now we learn that T-Mobile fiber is going to do the same thing AT&T did (hopefully not bust the water main). Who is approving these contracts? Why can't they make these companies share the conduits they already have in place? Will every company who wants to provide internet cable to our neighborhood have to chop up our lawns and add access boxes to my little 50 foot wide front yard? I already have a large Florida Power & Light transformer, a large Cox Cable box, an old AT&T phone box, a cover plate over the new AT&T box, and a street light post. I don't know where T-Mobile will put their box. I don't have any more room. I know all of this is on the utility easement, but there ought to be some type of compensation for having a utility center in half of my front yard! James Day, Pensacola No excuse not to fix Jefferson Street parking lot elevator As a local resident I pay for parking all the time. In spite of the parking income the city collects, the elevator at the Jefferson Street parking lot has remained broken for weeks. I have spoken to some of the local businesses, and they have unfortunately not gotten any help with it. The city needs to get it fixed. Stanford Morse, Pensacola Pace's U.S. 90 and Woodbine intersection is a mess To whoever designed the intersection at U.S. 90 and Woodbine in Pace, you can't fix stupid. Bill Helms, Pace Early learning development pivotal to healthy environment for kids Early childhood development is an ever-increasing mission. Over the years the wellbeing of our children must remain the highest priority, Understanding the ever-increasing needs of each individual child is crucial. Individual Educational Planning is of the upmost importance and should be based on each child's individual developmental need, and not a majority census. As the 'early learning teacher' we have a crucial role in the overall development of each child within the early learning environment. So, facilitating and understanding the child's needs, not only highlights the 'individual educational needs of children,' but through careful observations the teacher can also track the 'emotional, social, physical, and other needs associated with the child. This is pivotal. By providing a loving, safe, educational, and healthy environment for children to learn, grow, and develop, children have support and opportunities needed for years to come, regardless of their ethnicity, social, economic, educational, or religious background. This simple formula opens a gateway for children to receive the essential ingredients needed on so many levels. Elizabeth Wright, Cantonment 'Alligator Alcatraz' is nothing but Florida's concentration camp Florida has a concentration camp! Giving it a catchy name, "Alligator Alcatraz", does not change the fact that people are being swept up and placed into horrible living conditions without cause. Go online to contact your senators or call senators Rick Scott and Ashley Moody at 202-224-3121 in Washington, D.C. (This is the number for all federal senators). You get the switchboard and will be sent to their office, probably to leave a message, so have one ready. If you need to, borrow my message: "Close down Florida's concentration camp, Alligator Alcatraz. Shame on America. Shame on Florida". Are you afraid to call? Afraid this will put you on a "list"? That says it all, doesn't it. The way we lose our rights is by not standing up for others' rights. I am a proud Navy retiree who will never give up on America. Stand together or fall apart. Ruth C. Edwards, Pensacola Downtown Pensacola parking causing businesses to lose support In response to Jim Little's article on downtown parking and Mayor DC. Reeves, who thinks it's working: You have no idea how many people no longer shop or dine downtown Pensacola who live in Escambia County. You apparently can't put data to that number. But I, for one, no longer come and support local restaurants and shopping in downtown Pensacola because of it. Most of the people I discuss this with feel the same. We have 'Pensacola' in our addresses but feel we cannot support our city. So sad after all that Mr. Studer did to make it a viable downtown area. When the businesses begin to fail, maybe you will again address the 'data'. Kathy Cook, Pensacola History will look back on MAGA and 'Alligator Alcatraz' in shame While thinking of the unfortunate people locked up by Trump's ICE night riders in 'Alligator Alcatraz,' maybe think about what the average "illegal" has done. Things like put the roof on your house after a hurricane, picked crops in conditions no American will tolerate, cleaned your trashed hotel room, grunt work in the background of practically every DIY TV program, spent their money in town on food and shelter, not on financial planners, and picked feathers off of chickens and guts out of pigs on processing lines. All those jobs Americans won't do any more, but the "illegals" are eager to get. They showed up for a scheduled immigration hearing and were kidnaped by masked men with guns. They are "illegal" only by the arbitrary definition of powerful people with absolutely no empathy. The undocumented workers are simply poor people trying to get through the week, like on the Statue of Liberty, following a route traveled for 15.000 years. What is wrong with you Trump and MAGA people? Alligator Alcatraz is terrible. You should be ashamed, which is where history is going to put you. Grover Diehl, Gulf Breeze Never miss a story: Subscribe to the Pensacola News Journal using the link at the bottom of the page under Stay Connected.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
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Pensacola news: Flesh-eating bacteria comes to Pensacola area, Costco news
Here's a roundup of our top stories from the past week. With a subscription to the Pensacola News Journal, you will receive full access to the work done by our journalists and photographers as they head out every day to help inform and explain the important issues affecting your community. Escambia Deputy Jeremy Cassady, shot during hostage call, dies of cancer 15 years later An Escambia County Sheriff's deputy who was shot and injured while responding to a domestic violence call of a woman being held hostage by her boyfriend in Pensacola in 2010, has died from cancer that his family says was a result of the incident. Jeremy Cassady, 50, 'passed very peacefully at home with family' in Milton on Tuesday night, July 15. Remembering Jeremy Cassady: Escambia Deputy Jeremy Cassady, shot during hostage call, dies of cancer 15 years later 'I'm not a racist.' Former attorney sentenced for throwing parade beads at Hispanic child A former attorney convicted of misdemeanor battery for intentionally throwing parade beads at a child and hitting her in the face was sentenced to a year's probation with stipulations that she must abstain from alcohol and drugs without a prescription or go to jail for four months. Kelly McGraw, 59, was adjudicated guilty and sentenced July 15. Escambia County Judge Scott Ritchie sentenced McGraw to 120 days in jail, suspended, with 12 months' probation. The jail sentence is suspended upon successful completion of probation. Kelly McGraw: 'I'm not a racist.' Former attorney sentenced for throwing parade beads at Hispanic child Costco still has eyes on Pensacola with new plans for Nine Mile store submitted July 14 Costco officially set its eyes on the Pensacola market by filing a proposal to build a store at 225 E. Nine Mile Road last June. More than a year later, Costco is yet to receive approval from Escambia County's Development Review Committee (DRC) since submitting their plans. Still, there are signs of life that Costco still wants to make the Pensacola store a reality. Pensacola Costco: Costco still has eyes on Pensacola with new plans for Nine Mile store submitted July 14 PPD Chief Eric Randall resigned after rank and file lost 'confidence' in leadership Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves asked Pensacola Police Chief Eric Randall to resign after multiple years of declining employee engagement within the department. Reeves explained the reason for Randall's departure, which he described as a 'mutual' decision, during a press conference at the PPD on July 15 after several days of rampant online speculation over the chief's unexpected departure from the department. PPD chief resignation: PPD Chief Eric Randall resigned after rank and file lost 'confidence' in leadership 'Flesh-eating' bacteria: 2 cases found in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health. The deaths were in Bay, Broward, Hillsborough and St. Johns, the FDOH reported on July 11. Flest-eating bacteria in Pensacola area: 'Flesh-eating' bacteria: 2 cases found in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola news: Flesh-eating bacteria, Costco updates Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Yahoo
SRSO arrests Pace man on homicide charge in 2023 fatal fentanyl overdose
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office announced July 9 that deputies arrested Jimmy Robinson III of Pace for the fatal overdose of an individual in 2023. Robinson, who was booked into Santa Rosa County jail Wednesday morning, was arrested on one count of homicide. "Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office investigators concluded Jimmy Robinson III sold the victim a pill containing fentanyl approximately 30 minutes prior to the individual's fatal overdose," the department said in a release. "After consulting with the Office of the State Attorney, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Jimmy Robinson III in connection with this incident." Robinson remains in jail without bond. This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pace man arrested in fentanyl overdose death in 2023
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Business
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Pensacola news you missed: New downtown Pensacola development, must-try soul food
Here's a roundup of our top stories from the past week. With a subscription to the Pensacola News Journal, you will receive full access to the work done by our journalists and photographers as they head out every day to help inform and explain the important issues affecting your community. Downtown Pensacola could get another condo development as part of the East Garden District. The Tristan Residences is a new 25-unit development being proposed to go on North Jefferson Street next to the Tristan Hotel, which is currently under construction. The Thrash Group out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is the manager of the company that has applied to the Pensacola Architectural Review Board for approval of the new development. New downtown Pensacola development: New 25-unit, 5-story condo planned next to downtown Pensacola hotel Most of the area on 12th Avenue known as the "Tree Tunnel" will be closed to through traffic for 40 days beginning in July for a stormwater drainage improvement project. Pensacola announced that 12th Avenue, between Fairfield Drive and Barcia Drive, will be closed to through traffic for 40 days starting July 7. Cars traveling through will have to take a detour via 11th Avenue and Barcia Drive. Pensacola "tree tunnel' closure: Pensacola's 12th Avenue 'Tree Tunnel' will close to through traffic for 40 days in July Inside West Pensacola's Falcon Food Mart convenience store at 1101 Gulf Beach Highway, you'll find the unexpected delights of fall-apart brisket, freshly chopped peppers and onions topping the smothered chicken, and a dish closest to chef Christopher Moore's heart: his grandmother's juicy turnip greens. Ma Madea's Brisket and Lemonade, Moore's small but mighty soul food stand open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, is named after his beloved grandmother, 'Madea,' whose full name is Pauline Moore. Between her and his mother, Pamela Moore, he learned about morals, integrity and inherited their shared love of cooking. Ma Madea's Brisket and Lemonade: Check out this must-try Pensacola soul food spot for smoked brisket and juicy turnip greens In March GE Vernova Pensacola opened the doors of its 600,000-square-foot Scenic Highway facility to welcome visitors and the news media inside to see its new customer experience center, a state of the art addition featuring conference rooms, collaboration and networking areas and direct access to its production space. Scott Strazik, the company's CEO, was in attendance to preside over the ribbon cutting. He told reporters at the time that the future of the Pensacola facility was bright. He envisioned a day when employment at the plant, which produces products that help power wind farms across the nation, could rise from its then 600 employees (now 700) to as many as 1,000. That rosy outlook preceded the roll out of what President Donald Trump likes to call "One Big Beautiful Bill," which was introduced in the U.S. House on April 28. The bill, which passed the House by one vote and is under consideration by the U.S. Senate, could deal a heavy blow to the clean energy industry. Local impact: One Big Beautiful Bill could deal an ugly blow to the Pensacola area economy Here's the breakdown of restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of June 16-22. Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So, every week, we provide that information for you. During the latest round of inspections from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, one restaurant was temporarily closed and 15 restaurants passed their first inspection with zero violations. Pensacola restaurant inspections: Pensacola restaurant temporarily closed due to live maggots in latest inspection This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Top Pensacola news: New downtown development, must-try soul food
