Category: Escambia County

17 years later, the prosecutor who put Patrick Gonzalez away opens up: the video that made history, the voice he never left alive to identify

Gulf Coast Against Data Centers and environmental advocates have invited the public to gather at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, outside the Ernie Lee…

Blue Angels under review after low pass rattles Pensacola Beach crowd, scattering chairs & umbrellas. Air show continues July 17–18

Sheriff Chip Simmons says a teen’s shooting story doesn’t add up, shootings are down, and he wants proof before funding new youth programs.

With the Blue Angels ready to take to the skies for the Pensacola Beach Air Show, Escambia County encourages the public to follow these tips for…

Blue Angels turn 80, America turns 250! Pensacola Beach Air Show returns July 17-18 with B-1Bs, F-35s & more. Full schedule here.

Four thorny issues. Each requiring negotiations. Zero follow-through. How Escambia’s county administrator uses delay as a strategy—and gets away with it.

Your penny’s on the ballot, teachers finally get credit, and PSC students fought censorship & won. New Inweekly is out — read it all

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.