Century News

A much-ballyhooed showdown over competing economic development plans didn't live up to its billing Wednesday.

Sacred Heart Health System will provide free health screenings in July in Pensacola, Cantonment, Milton, Molino, Century and Gulf Shores, Ala.

The following suspects were charged with felonies day at Escambia County Jail. Names, ages and addresses were provided by the individuals.

Last year, after Hallmark Elementary School was announced as an F school, Principal Sheree Cagle-Mauldin called every teacher into school and made them tell her how they were going to improve.

June 18 - An officer from the Century Correctional Institute has been indicted on child pornography charges.

Using the gas tax instead of property taxes to support bus service in Escambia County ought to be a no-brainer. But county politics too often push commissioners to shoot everyone in the foot in trying to please the loudest voices.

This one should be a no-brainer, but then again, we're talking politics. On Thursday night, Escambia County commissioners will vote on a plan to trade one tax for another, all to ensure bus service in a time that screams out for saving jobs, boosting the economy and reducing traffic.

School's out, summer is almost here, and most of us are looking forward to vacations, cookouts and the beach.

The following suspects were charged with felonies Saturday at Escambia County Jail.

Dozens of century residents are fighting to keep offices at their courthouse open.

The following government offices, agencies and schools will be closed today in observance of Memorial Day: -- Escambia County offices -- Santa Rosa County offices -- Pensacola, Century, Gulf Breeze, Jay and Milton city offices -- State offices -- West Florida public libraries -- Escambia County schools -- Santa Rosa County schools -- Pensacola ...

As friends and family of Aly Zain Lakdawala cling to hopes that the recent University of South Florida graduate swept out to sea in Costa Rica made it to land along the rugged Pacific coastline, searchers will continue to look for him today, authorities said.

Everywhere you drive in north Florida in April or May, you see blue on roadsides and seldom give it a thought.

Closing up shop in Century. The Escambia County Clerk Of Court And Tax Collector are shutting down their Century offices at the end of this month to save money.

Escambia County is closing its courthouse in Century at the end of the month, county spokeswoman Sonya Daniel said in a news release Friday.

The following suspects were charged with felonies Monday at Escambia County Jail.

Last time I mentioned the former South Flomaton. I made it a century older than it actually was, but it changed its name to Century, so it balances out - I hope.

The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce has received the 2009 Commissioner's Business Recognition Award, presented by the Escambia County School District Board and the Florida Department of Education.

Religion in a courthouse? Sounds like the Taliban, right? Or maybe the Inquisition? Hell no, it's just Miami -- a part of America where we don't seem to separate church and state.

His grandmother lovingly called him Thurston Albert, but no good old barefooted Century boy chewing on an old, cold tater or watermelon heart would go that far in the austere 1930s.