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By Mike Simmons The last day of Police Week is also the 42nd anniversary of the death of my father, Jim Simmons. Jim was a Pensacola Police Officer from 1964 […]

By Mike Simmons It was almost like a holiday! People took off from work, kids got out of school, and the whole town was excited to see it open. What

May 9, 2017 An excerpt from the book, “Some Gave All,” available from the author or on Amazon. By Mike Simmons They are described by the American Kennel Club as

An excerpt from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons Ted Bundy’s Last Day of Freedom 1:30 AM on Wednesday, February 15, 1978, was a quiet time

By Mike Simmons As he made his way to the house, he kept to the shadows, in case anyone was awake and saw him. He eased up to the window

An excerpt from the book, “Some Gave All,” available from the author or from Amazon By Mike Simmons Andrew Schmitz moved with his family from New Orleans to Pensacola, and,

By Mike Simmons For the year of 1933, Albert Anderson was Chief of Police. During that short period, he and his officers posed for two photos. At the time, officers

By: Mike Simmons On October 31, 1950, the Pensacola News Journal announced that it would begin an officer of the year program. The Journal highlighted officers every week and allowed

May 4, 2004 By Mike Simmons George Hura, Jr. grew up in a neighborhood full of children. A great childhood, but a dark time visited the Hura household, however, when

May 4, 1941 By Mike Simmons In 1938, James Hunt and his gang went on an armed robbery spree across Escambia County. Then Constable Mallory Williams took over. In a