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 the “audit report” and the tax return…
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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 billed both the Children’s Trust and the…
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 county-owned Pensacola Bay Center. Any additions—an indoor…
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: build a convention center. Background: The City…
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 State Representative Michelle Salzman—offering both an apology…
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, you’ve been missing out. Pensacola Sports CEO…
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 of the most memorable days of tournament…
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 day promises even more. I talked this…
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 the West Florida Board of Governance’s recommendation…
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 tonight at the Board of County Commissioners…
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 get a second or have the majority…
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 the national spotlight. I sat down with…
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, replied, not the commissioner, giving HER endorsement…
Library Board Chair Fires Back at County Administrators, Urges Commissioners to Reject Bell-Rivera
After Assistant County Administrator Debbie Bowers announced that the Escambia County administration would recommend Christal Bell-Rivera as the next West Florida Public Libraries Director—overruling the Library Board of Governance’s unanimous recommendation—Board Chair…
Sun Belt Tournament Rolls Into Day 2 with Upsets, Full Houses, and Baby Crawls
The 2026 Sun Belt Basketball Championship is off to a roaring start at the Pensacola Bay Center, with Day 1 delivering tight games, surprising upsets, and an atmosphere that has fans already…
United Way of West Florida Now Accepting Mini Grant Applications
Local grassroots nonprofits have an opportunity to strengthen their operations thanks to United Way of West Florida’s Mini Grants program, now open for applications. What? The grants offer up to $5,000 to…
Clerk Continues to Hold Payments, Forcing Visit PNS to Borrow Money
The Escambia County Tourist Development Council received an earful at its Feb. 17 meeting about a frustrating bureaucratic problem — one that has forced Visit Pensacola to take out a line of…
Gaetz is Cancer-Free, Isn’t Going Anywhere
A rumor came out of Tallahassee yesterday that Sen. Don Gaetz told people at the Senate Appropriations Committee meeting that he has cancer and that he “may be done at the end…
BlueWind invests Millions in Pensacola Expansion, Rebranding
BlueWind Technology is about to become something much bigger. Henry Kelley, co-founder and president of Blue Wind Technology, made a quiet but significant announcement on this week’s episode of We Don’t Color…
County Admin rejects Board’s Pick, Signaling Politics Over Qualifications
Escambia County’s administrators—Administrator Wes Moreno and his assistants, Debbie Bowers and Wesley Hall—are not backing off Christal Bell-Rivera as their pick for Library Services Director. Read Bowers Rejection Moreno, Bowers and Hall…
