Category: Escambia County

Chief Winstrom talked to the shooting victim’s family. Now Commissioner Lumon May explains what’s next: real structure for at-risk teens.

Escambia teachers just earned the district its first-ever A grade. The district’s thank-you? No to duty-free lunch, no to bereavement leave.

New “I Voted” sticker, ballot tracking & 10 polling place changes — Bender lays out big shifts before Escambia’s Aug. 18 primary.

Santa Rosa Co. got $4,500 in America 250 book grants. Escambia’s WFPL got $0—as its qualification crisis raises questions why.

Same emails, two very different stories: Did Kohler secretly push a data center he later opposed — or was it always just a battery factory? You decide.

Community & Economy Half Our Neighbors Are One Car Repair Away From Crisis United Way’s ALICE Report shows nearly 50% of Escambia and Santa Rosa…

Commissioner Mike Kolher’s South Navy Blvd Project funded, but DeSantis vetoed Salzman’s $2.4M public safety items requested by Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger.

FL hits 60%+ proficiency in reading & math for the first time ever. Escambia’s middle schools are improving even faster.

Moreno left the library board’s special meeting request off this week’s calendar—pushing BOG oversight to September, after the budget’s set.

Fitch just put Escambia schools on Negative Outlook—reserves below the safe line. It’s the preview of what the property tax amendment could do countywide.

Wall demanded answers and a special meeting by July 1. Three days later, Moreno and Bell-Rivera have given him neither. The silence speaks for itself.

Judge gives Pam Childers 20 days to explain why she won’t pay 2 Pensacola charities the County already approved. $7K, one ministerial duty question.

The West Florida Public Libraries (WFPL) board hasn’t met since April. Chairman Blaine Wall says it’s costing taxpayers answers about the WFPL system’s future.

Childers offers First Tee & WEAC $50 each to settle the lawsuit over funds she refused to pay. Here’s why that number isn’t an accident.

Florida Ethics Commission dismisses all 15 complaints against Kohler over his Facebook clash with Rep. Salzman. The backstory is messier than you think.

PEDC admits its website “is not great.” Children’s Trust posts agenda late. A library board meeting got canceled hours before it could discuss live-streaming.

Reeves: federal housing bill could speed affordable housing here; Birdon lease targeted for August vote, no city tax dollars if grants hold.

First Tee Gulf Coast director Marty Stanovich is setting the record straight on the nonprofit funding fight with Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers.

King Moreno rigged the library director hiring from day one—and his staff lied to cover it. Luna is still collecting county paychecks.

Brahier says the library board agreement “is not being upheld” as vacancies mount. Bare backs her: county “control” wasn’t handled right.