In the summer of 2012, realtor Gerald Wingate asked to meet with Lumon May and me at CJ’s Kitchen on West Garden Street. Over eggs, bacon, grits and toast, we discussed what…
Category: Escambia County
CivicCon: Successful school systems let parents hire principals
At last night’s CivicCon, Dr. Ron Ferguson attributed the success of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to its focus on quality principals. He mentioned that parents get to hire the principals for their…
Every Escambia school district has problems
Inweekly reviewed the school grades and total points earned for the non-charter elementary, middle and high schools in the state of Florida. We ranked them from the bottom to see how they…
County administrator has 20-weeks severance, too
Inweekly obtained a copy of Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley’s contract. She can be terminated for no cause by three commissioners. She is entitled to 20-weeks severance. Escambia County School Board members…
St. Johns School District has a better way
St. Johns County has the top school district in Florida. St. Johns Escambia Students 41,908 39,974 Grade – 2018-19 school year A B Points Earned 776 606 Rank, out of 67 districts…
District missed 2018-19 performance goals
On Nov. 13, 2018, the Escambia County School Board approved the district’s Strategic Plan 2018-2019 that set a goal that the district would increase the percentage of students scoring satisfactory (achievement level…
Interview: Morgan has focused on gangs and guns since taking office
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan yesterday told the media that he doesn’t see the need for special regional task force on gun-related crimes, which Mayor Grover Robinson is trying to form. In…
Same number of July gun incidents in 2012 and 2019
Inweekly reviewed the West Florida Regional Library’s newspaper archives and found the July 2012 and July 2019 had the same number of gun incidents reported – 10. A notable difference was the…
Sheriffs not interested in gun task force
Both Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan and Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson have told the PNJ that they won’t participate in the joint federal-city task force to curb gun-related crimes that Mayor Grover Robinson…
Timeline: County had a Gun Crime Response Team in 2012
The last time Escambia County had a multi-agency task force targeting gun-related crimes was seven years ago. Sheriff David Morgan announced the “crime response team†at a joint press conference on August…
Bay bridge shifts Sunday evening
The traffic shift for U.S. 98 eastbound traffic (Pensacola to Gulf Breeze) to the new Pensacola Bay Bridge is scheduled to begin Sunday evening, Aug. 4 and U.S. 98 westbound (Gulf Breeze to…
Sheriff fills in for lack of campus security officers
According to Col. Mindy Young, Escambia County School District is down to 13 candidates in training to be campus security officers–a drop from the 18 candidates Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told the media…