CareerSource Escarosa will partner with ST Engineering to host a hiring event on Thursday, August 15, from 9 am to 12 pm at CareerSource Escarosa, 3670 North L St. This no-cost event…
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Night Out at Legion Field
The Pensacola Police Department and Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, along with Escambia County Fire Rescue, Escambia County EMS, Community Drug & Alcohol Council Inc, City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation, and Academy Sports +…
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…
U.S. attorney goes after corrupt officials
The News Services of Florida reports that suspended Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox admitted guilt Tuesday to three fraud charges in a “pay-to-play†bribery probe. He faces a maximum of 45 years…
Poll: Biden still leads Democratic field in Florida
Joe Biden still leads the Democratic presidential field among Florida Democrats after last week’s debates, according to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll. Biden leads with 41.5%, followed by Bernie Sanders (15.9%), Elizabeth…
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…
LaBounty joins Ark State staff
Press release: Arkansas State head baseball coach Tommy Raffo announced the addition of Drew LaBounty to his staff as a Volunteer Assistant, Monday. “We are excited to announce the addition of Drew…
Dream Defenders decry Task Force, repeat demands
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Members of the community organization Dream Defenders publicly staked out its position on the city of Pensacola’s response thus far to an incident in July during which a…
New task forces addresses gun violence, police training
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is partnering with the United States Attorney’s Office to form a task force purposed with addressing gun violence and also provide training for the…
Safety for one neighborhood, not another
Cervantes Street has a new crosswalk that stops traffic for pedestrians to cross the street safely from a multi-residential housing. Before you celebrate, the crosswalk isn’t on West Cervantes. The crosswalk doesn’t…
BB&T and Suntrust to merge
BB&T Corp.’s $29.7 billion purchase of SunTrust Banks Inc. received near unanimous approval Tuesday from both banks’ shareholders. The corporate name of the combined bank will be Truist Financial Corp. The banks…
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…
Pensacola to assess athletic field chemicals
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola’s Environmental Advisory Board will be looking into exactly what chemicals are used to care for municipal athletic fields and parks. A request to explore…
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…
Pensacola Entrepreneur Initiative
Effort to be led by D.C. Reeves, co-founder Perfect Plain Brewing Company Press Release: Northwest Florida has many great components to start and grow small businesses that includes things like courses, training…
Retailers ready for back-to-school tax ‘holiday’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s retail industry is gearing up for this year’s back-to-school sales tax “holiday†on clothes, classroom supplies and computer equipment, with the…
Backpack fundraiser – Aug. 1
In partnership with Ryan and Ellis Group at Merrill Lynch and South Market, Feeding the Gulf Coast will be hosting a happy hour at the new Studer Community Institute Building Atrium. The…
District chooses to allocate less to teachers’ salaries
Government officials can always find money for what the items they want to fund. Santa Rosa and Okaloosa school districts have allocated the funds to pay their teachers more than Escambia County….