The Booker T. Washington High School Baseball Booster Club is hosting a fundraiser and auction – “Out of the Park: An Art Experience.” The event will be held 6-9 p.m. on Saturday,…
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Latvala lawyer calls for ‘clear and convincing’ evidence
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, November 7, 2017……… Sen. Jack Latvala, the Clearwater Republican who is under investigation for alleged sexual harassment, has enlisted the help…
Proposal takes aim at ‘coercion of sex’ in capitol
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, November 7, 2017……… Kentucky’s speaker of the House resigned from his leadership post amid reports he had secretly settled a staff…
Bruce Beach amenities part of another grant application
Last week, we discovered that the DEP construction plans for the fish hatchery at Bruce Beach did not have many of the amenities that Mayor Hayward’s supporters have touted, such as kayak…
Utility Service Co. built Admiral Mason Park
The Pensacola News Journal yesterday reported on the frustrations of the Utility Service Company in dealing with the City of Pensacola officials regarding the Government Street-Corinne Jones Stormwater Pond. The contractor said…
Latest poll shows only 30 percent of Pensacola voters support hatchery at Bruce Beach
Quint Studer this morning released the results of a telephone survey conducted by Political Matrix of the City of Pensacola’s most likely voters regarding the fish hatchery proposed at Bruce Beach. When…
Latvala removed as Appropriations chair while under investigation
Florida Senate President Joe Negron has removed Sen. Jack Latvala as Appropriations chairman while he is under investigation for sexual harassment. Here is the memo Inweekly received from Negron’s office: While the…
Latvala responds to harassment allegation
Sen. Jack Latvala’s Statement Regarding Anonymous Accusations “It’s hard to confront anonymous accusers, and even more difficult when the news is manufactured by a fake news entity like Politico who gave me…
Latvala under sexual harassment investigation
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Senate President Joe Negron late Friday ordered a probe into allegations that powerful Appropriations Chairman Jack Latvala sexually assaulted or harassed legislative staff and…
Questions abound re:Bayview Community Center
People have begun to forward Inweekly their concerns regarding the $8.2 million Bayview Community Center that Mayor Ashton Hayward presented to the Pensacola City Council at its second budget hearing in late…
Alex Andrade to run for Florida House District 2 seat
Attorney Alex Andrade is filing to run for the Florida House District 2 seat currently held by Frank White. Andrade earlier this year was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the 1st…
Hate crimes: Homophobic flyers appear on UWF campus
Someone has distributed flyers containing homophobic slurs around the University of West Florida main campus. UWF President Martha Saunders sent this email to students, faculty and staff: Dear faculty, staff and students:…
Winners: Volume ONE & Autism Pensacola
Autism Pensacola shared this story of a special event held at Best of the Coast winner Volume ONE: “Five-year-old Hastings began his haircut in the salon chair. But he very quickly moved…
Anonymous reader protests anonymous source
I got this letter from a reader upset that we protected the name of the recovering heroin addict who helped with the story “Heroin Crisis Hits Home.” The reader wrote (in case…
VT MAE Job Fair on Friday, Nov. 3 and Thursday, Nov. 9
On Friday, Oct. 27, VT MAE conducted a Career Information Event attended by over 100 prospective employees and vendors, including students from the Aviation Maintenance Career Academy at Washington High School and…
Anti-Catholic signs hung on fence outside historic downtown church
Someone has hung two anti-Catholic signs on the fence outside the entrance to the historic St. Joseph Catholic Church in downtown Pensacola, across from M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building and near Pensacola City…
Major Port of Pensacola revenues dropped nearly 30 percent since FY 2012, expected to drop another 21 percent in FY 2018
The Port of Pensacola’s four major revenue sources dropped nearly 30 percent from FY 2012 to FY 2016, according the city’s budget documents. The actual revenue figures for FY 2017 have not…
Downtown Pensacola wins another award
The Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association has named Downtown Pensacola its 2017 winner of its Great Places in Florida People’s Choice Award. Downtown Pensacola was selected over four other finalists:…
Beulah Beltway update
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Concerned about how the proposed four-lane Beulah Beltway might affect their homes, citizens turned out to view the proposed routes for the southern and northern sections of the…
City of Pensacola has yet to close sale of Blount School property
Six months after the Pensacola City Council approved the sale of the old Blount School property to local developer ParsCo LLC, the county property appraiser’s website shows the City of Pensacola still…