Category: Escambia County
Lady Cats Celebration Turns Into Discretionary Funds Showdown
A Thursday morning proclamation honoring Booker T. Washington High School’s state championship girls’ basketball team turned into a public clash between the Escambia County Commission…
IMPACT 100 Sets Records, Eyes $20 Million Milestone
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area has closed its 2026 membership drive with a record 1,313 members—and this October, that number translates directly into dollars when…
Two Big Issues Before BCC Today: Beach Access, OLF-8
The Board of County Commissioners has two hot topics on this morning’s agenda. Public Beach Access on Perdido Key County Commissioner Steve Stroberger has little…
West Florida Libraries in Transition
Even in a largely routine meeting on March 23, the West Florida Library Board of Governance signaled that the system is moving through a period…
Simmons: Road Rage & Casino Beach Chaos
As spring break crowds overwhelm Pensacola Beach, tensions are spilling onto Escambia County roads — including three serious road rage confrontations in three consecutive days,…
Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer Discusses Indoor Sports Facility
I broke the news yesterday that Pensacola Sports CEO and president Ray Palmer will be inducted into the Sports ETA Hall of Fame, joining an…
Childers Blocked Funds for State Champs
Booker T. Washington High School is celebrating its girls’ basketball team winning the Class 5A state championship. The team edged Blanche Ely 56–54 to bring…
Children’s Trust Missed Huge Red Flag
In September 2025, the Escambia Children’s Trust received New World Believers’ financial documents, which included its 2024 federal tax return. I have reported on how…
Children’s Trust Divorce from NWB Just Got Messy
Escambia Children’s Trust Executive Director Lindsey Cannon told the Trust board on Tuesday that she has uncovered evidence suggesting New World Believers (NWB) may have…
What’s the Ante for Reeves’ Seat for Bay Center Poker?
Armed with a new study calling for a convention center, Mayor D.C. Reeves wants to have a say in the renovations and expansion of the…
Survey Backs Convention Center, Demographics Questionable
Nearly 2,000 Pensacola residents weighed in on the future of the 6.86-acre parking lot adjacent to the Pensacola Bay Center, and the message was clear:…
BCC Drama: Kohler apologizes and explains, while Hofberger defends
Commissioner Mike Kohler used his commissioner comments at the March 5 Escambia Board of County Commissioners meeting to publicly address his widely reported conflict with…
Championship Monday: Palmer Says Sun Belt Officials “Thrilled” With Pensacola’s Tournament
Championship Monday has arrived at the Pensacola Bay Center, and if you haven’t been paying attention to the Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament this weekend,…
Sun Belt’s Friday Fireworks: Is South Alabama a Team of Dynasty
Pensacola’s Bay Center hosted drama on all four sides of the bracket Friday as upsets, buzzer-beating heroics, and a historic three-point barrage made for one…
Underdogs Shine as Sun Belt Tournament Takes Over Pensacola
The Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament at Pensacola Bay Center is delivering exactly the kind of drama fans come for — and Friday’s military appreciation…
Moreno’s Library Pick Approved 4-1
Last night, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners approved, 4-1, County Administrator Wes Moreno’s selection of Christal Bell-Rivera as the county’s library services director, over…
Federal Judge’s Son Calls Out Cronyism in County Government
Joe Vinson, husband of Bradley Vinson and son of the late Federal Judge Roger Vinson, has shared with Inweekly the statement he plans to read…
Hofberger Seeks to Censure Kohler
Escambia County commissioners have been told that their chair, Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger, plans to move to censure Commissioner Mike Kohler. It’s uncertain whether she will…
Sun Belt Brings Big-Time Basketball—and a Little Chaos—to Pensacola
The Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament rolled into Pensacola Bay Center this week, and if Day 2 was any indication, this city is ready for…
District 4 Aide Endorses Bell-Rivera for Library Post
Linda Fussel wrote Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger expressing her disappointment over Christal Bell-Rivera being recommended as the county’s next Library Services Director. Hofberger’s aide, Melanie Luna,…
