Author: Jeremy Morrison
Escambia Teachers Plea for Equity
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Stalled negotiations are rebooting today between the Escambia County School District and the teachers’ union. During a Tuesday evening meeting of…
School District embarks on the strategic planning process
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Officials with the Escambia County School District kicked-off its strategic planning process Thursday, which includes gathering both internal and external input…
Preview: Escambia’s RESTORE Rundown
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will be getting a rundown of some of the county’s environmental restoration efforts during…
PPD Chief Search: ‘The World Is Becoming More Complicated’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is entering into a search for a new chief of police. The city has hired a consultant,…
Presser Notes: Trudging through the thick of COVID season
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly During his weekly press conference Monday, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson reiterated sentiments he’d shared last week, following the Jan. 6 incident…
Police chief search outlined to CPAC
Police union’s request not getting much traction by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With the city of Pensacola entering into a search for a new chief of…
Presser Notes: Christmas COVID, PPD Union pushback
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson had a pretty eventful holiday season: he wrestled with a bout of COVID and grew out a…
Presser Notes: A Cold Shoulder and Confederate Stepping Stones
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly City of Pensacola officials have yet to hear back from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis concerning a request that the state defer…
Chief Lyter’s exit presser
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Reflecting on his 30-year career with the Pensacola Police Department Thursday, Chief Tommi Lyter stressed his work’s team aspect. “It’s not…
Remote students encouraged to return to campus
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Thousands of Escambia County students and their families have a decision to make as the academic semester wraps up this week:…
Pensacola warms up to climate report (but, slowly) – Update
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly What can the city of Pensacola do to plan for and respond to climate change? That question has been pondered extensively,…
Buchanan takes over CPAC chair
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The new chairman of the Pensacola Citizen Police Advisory Committee intends to guide the group toward something tangible, something actionable. “In…
Is Pensacola Ready for a Kinder, Gentler CRA?
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola’s relatively freshly formed Urban Core Redevelopment Board is exploring some less familiar territory. The board was assembled…
Presser Notes: A Plea for Local COVID Controls
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As fall winds toward the colder months of winter, Northwest Florida COVID cases are on the rise. More worrisome, hospitalizations also…
Robinson: Masks, Lockdowns and ‘Confusion’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With COVID cases in the area on the increase, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson held a press conference on Thursday urging people…
CPAC searches for ‘Sea Legs’
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Two months into their charge, Pensacola’s Citizen Police Advisory Committee members are entertaining an identity crisis. Who are they? What is…
Robinson explains State of Emergency
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With cases of COVID increasing in the local region, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is hoping that the city’s recently deployed state…
Presser Notes: Waiting it out
For the past two days, we have transferred the blog, 14 years of posts and images, to a new server – one that is faster…
Officials work to ‘cure’ mail-in ballots
While voting in the 2020 election will wrap up today, there will still be some votes to tally for a couple of days. Currently, Escambia…
City looks to spruce up Garden Street
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As drawn up by British planners in the 1700s, Pensacola’s Garden Street originally served as an area where residents were allotted…




















