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Community 21st Annual Soundside Splendor Raises Record $424,000 for Children’s Home Society Presented by the Sandy Sansing Family, the elegant waterfront gala at Portofino Island…

Parks & Recreation Fricker Resource Center to Close for Major Renovations Beginning This Month Nearly $9.5 million in grant funding will transform the Fricker Center…

Pensacola’s hauling 10M lbs. of yard debris—and the mayor says contractors are to blame. Plus: clean audit, Palafox update & a $104M port deal nearing close.

Commissioner’s aide quietly orchestrated the removal of a library board member—while the county was hiring a new library director. Who’s really running things?

Quint Studer is taking his championship playbook to Kansas City. He just bought the Monarchs—and the league commissioner says he’s been waiting for this.

By Gray Rohrer and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Lawmakers convened a special session Tuesday to resolve a $1.4 billion difference between the…

Free speech watchdog FIRE gives PSC until May 18 to restore funding for a student magazine blocked over LGBTQ content—or face a First Amendment lawsuit

Public records reveal a library job candidate met privately with a county commissioner mid-interview. Was the fix in for Christal Bell-Rivera’s six-figure hire?

Email proof: Escambia’s “never enacted” hiring blackout policy was implemented in 2011—and has been in effect for nearly 15 years. Someone has explaining to do.

Escambia County Area Transit is partnering with Feeding the Gulf Coast to host a community resource event, market, and produce sale on Friday, May 15…

Pensacola’s Quint Studer has deep Kansas City roots—and now he owns the Monarchs. Here’s what he’s promising the community.

Clerk Childers demands First Tee’s donor lists, financials & lawyer bills. First Tee fires back: “We’re not a public agency. We have nothing to hide.”

Records show mayor’s office copied a county commissioner’s aide after the ouster of a library board member mid-director search. Who requested this—and why?

Escambia County honors Terrance Davis—nearly 2 decades of code enforcement, community service & mental health advocacy. May 2026 Employee of the Month.

Gulf Breeze 1st-grade teacher Reghan Irvin beats out 31 other nominees to win Santa Rosa’s 2026 Rookie of the Year honor—and a $1,000 award.

UWF & Rotary honor Sam Young of Pensacola Habitat & Tom Vaughn of Northwestern Mutual as 2026 Ethics in Business Award winners. Service above self.

Escambia commissioners grilled Moreno over library hire fallout. He apologized for “optics.” Hofberger stayed silent when asked to apologize for mocking texts.

Did a county commissioner’s aide and HR director break a hiring policy designed to stop exactly this kind of insider influence? Tonight’s BCC meeting may tell.

Texts. Kennel plans. A Michelin chef. A lawsuit. Possible library fix is exposed—and that’s just the start. The May 7 Inweekly is here.

Army aviator Dawson Van Manen, 27, convicted of raping two women & sentenced to 31 years. First assault occurred at NAS Pensacola. More victims may exist.