Independent NewsPosts Tagged ‘Escambia County’
The RESTORE Team
Escambia County’s RESTORE Act advisory committee is almost in place. The nine-member body is on the table for Thursday’s county commission meeting. Commissioners are assembling the committee to assess potential uses for the expected windfall of funds stemming from the yet-to-be determined [...]
Weekly Crime Round Up: No homicides, two bank robberies and 89 assaults
Looking at the crime stats map on the Escambia County's Sheriff's website: Assaults: 89 inside Pensacola limits: 19 w/deadly weapon: 19 inside Pensacola limits: 1 Burglaries: 45 inside Pensacola limits: 8 Thefts from vehicles: 28 inside Pensacola limits: 12 County had one [...]
‘100 Percent the Right Person’
It took a week and a half to arrive at this morning’s special Pensacola City Council meeting regarding the city’s representative on Escambia County’s RESTORE Act advisory committee. This morning’s meeting itself took less than 10 minutes. After his first nominee was rejected by the city [...]
Hayward Nominates Terry for RESTORE
Mayor Ashton Hayward has called for a special Pensacola City Council meeting tomorrow to consider his new nominee for the city’s seat on Escambia County’s RESTORE advisory committee. He is nominating Gulf Power VP Bentina Terry. “She’s a highly qualified person that most council members [...]
Street Buzz: Another home invasion and shooting
I was awakened this morning by a phone call from a source. According to him, Victor Rome was shot twice last night after armed men invaded his home and robbed him of $200. Rome, at one time, was a big-time drug dealer and was reportedly under house arrest. The attackers knew that he would be [...]
County: Landfill Fire ‘Extinguished’
Here's the latest statement from Escambia County regarding the fire at the Cove Landfill: The Florida Department of Health Escambia County Health Department has lifted the health advisory that was issued on January 22, 2013 regarding health risks associated with smoke from a local fire. The FDOH [...]
Street Buzz: Is Pensacola Gang War about to go to another level of violence?
On Martin Luther King Day, a white man pulls into the county park behind the Marie Young Community Center in the Wedgewood and Pinestead neighborhoods in north Pensacola---west of Car City. He has a trunk full of assault rifles. Within minutes people lined up to pay $300-$500 per gun. He was out [...]
Life in drug culture on the west side of Pensacola
The Escambia County Sheriff's Office has identified the body found last Friday in a field behind Alternative Powersports, near Kenmore Boulevard. Investigators said it appeared that the victim, Melisa Midori Townsend,had been at the location for a few days at the time of discovery. Her next of [...]
Penzone Lost in Gray Area
With three days left to meet an end-of-the-month deadline, the Pensacola City Council today walked away from David Penzone, the mayor’s choice to represent the city on Escambia County’ RESTORE Act advisory committee. “I think the cloud over this nominee really puts us in an awkward [...]
Landfill Fire ‘Smoldering’
Escambia County is still working the Cove Landfill fire. While the health advisory issued is still in effect, progress is reportedly being made. “Made good progress today,” relayed county PIO Kelly Cooke this afternoon. “most of the vegetation has been capped, there are still a few spots [...]
Doughnuts with Council
It was an early morning for the Pensacola City Council. Councilman Charles Bare brought hot doughnuts, but there was barely a chance to eat them before the meeting ended. A few minutes into this morning’s 12-hour notice special meeting, council members began questioning some things. They had [...]
Last Night’s RESTORE Conversation
The Pensacola City Council will continue its conversation this morning over Mayor Ashton Hayward’s pick for Escambia County’s RESTORE Act advisory committee. Last night it was getting a bit tense. “I think my colleague a couple of seats down will recognize this as an ambush on the city [...]