While the overall positivity rate for Escambia County went down slightly last week – from 12.54% Â to 11.91%, the rate for Escambia County children was 16.6%. For 946 tests, 157 were positive…
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Breaking news: Tymar Crawford settlement announced
Press Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. (July 29, 2020) — The Zarzaur Law firm is pleased to announce that the City of Pensacola and the family of Tymar Crawford have reached an amicable settlement…
Peek at 2020 Pet Issue
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Florida sets another daily death record, Escambia & Santa Rosa total 359 news cases
Florida’s COVID-19 cases have topped 450K – 451,442, and with 216 new deaths, blasting past yesterday’s daily record of 186. State positivity rate is 12.26% – the highest in the past five…
White House: Escambia still in ‘Red Zone’
The Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) – which includes Escambia and Santa Rosa counties – still is in the Red Zone according to the latest Trump administration report, dated July 26. All…
‘Stay Clean’ added to ‘Mask Up’ campaign
“Unfortunately, it sounds like COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon we are urging the public to continue to focus on staying clean to stay healthy.” Beginning Wednesday, July 29, Escambia County…
Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act planning
Eight Florida counties with less than 500,000 population have received a first installment of more than $14 million from the CARES Act. Two have not developed a plan to spend the money…
Presser Notes: CARE$, Climate Change and … Masks
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson opened his weekly press conference Monday by thanking city residents for observing the municipality’s mask mandate — “I see you wearing your masks and…
Escambia commissioners given three face mask options
By request, Escambia County Attorney Alison Rogers has drafted three options for the Board of County Commissioners to consider regarding face covering. Through a public record request, Inweekly received the cover letter…
Breaking news: 2020 Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival cancelled
COVID-19 Forces Cancellation of 2020 Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival  PENSACOLA, FLA. – July 28, 2020 – It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of this…
Milton coach dies as COVID cases surge in Santa Rosa
The PNJ reports Milton High School track and field coach Joe Austin passed away on Sunday night after an extended battle with coronavirus. Austin was the Dean of Students at Martin Luther…
Myers: ‘Commissioner Bender, I will not be ignored”
After reading District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender’s comments in an interview with Inweekly reporter Jeremy Morrison, Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers called to say she did write the commissioner over a week…
gBETA Pensacola hires director
gBETA Pensacola has hired Jonathan Kretz as its program director and is now accepting applications for local startups to participate in the inaugural gBETA Pensacola, Fall 2020 program. gBETA Pensacola is a…
Santa Rosa County sets daily COVID record – 282 new cases. 33.4% positive
Santa Rosa County has twice the number of new COVID-19 cases as Escambia County, according to the latest report by the Florida Department of Health — 282 for Santa Rosa vs 140…
Fending off offshore drilling in Florida
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Florida recently got a couple of steps closer to protecting its shores from the potential environmental and economic risks of offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico….
White House eyes nursing home visits
The Trump administration has announced plans to require certain nursing homes to test staff “and visitors†for COVID-19 once a week and opened the door to again allowing visitation at the homes….
Breaking news: Roy Jones to fight Mike Tyson
TMZ reports the Pensacola native Roy Jones, Jr. (age 51) and former world champion boxer will fight former heavy-weight champ Mike Tyson (age 54) in an eight-round exhibition match in California on…
County administration disputes 10 COVID deaths
Escambia County’s administration tried to disprove the 10 COVID-19 deaths reported by the Florida Department of Health today, only to find the total is correct. The county never questioned when the daily…
Face mask update
Face mask mandates continue to increase. On Friday, July 27, the Manatee County Commission is meeting to vote on an executive order that would require face coverings to be worn indoors in…
Dosev, Andrade spar over Gaetz
The battle between State Rep. Alex Andrade and Cris Dosev for the GOP nomination for Andrade’s Florida House District 2 seat flared up today. Dosev sent a press release demanding Andrade call…