Category: Escambia County

According to the interactive crime maps on Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Pensacola Police Department, law enforcement didn’t deal with many calls in the zone…

Congressman Matt Gaetz sent “breaking news” to the media that he had gotten Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro to commit to taking further action to…

An online sign-up form for individuals who wish to speak during the Gary Sansing Public Forums and Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meetings is…

I spoke with State Rep. Alex Andrade last yesterday afternoon. He has put into the budget a stipulation that the Florida Department of Transportation will…

At its General Coalition meeting yesterday, Opening Doors released the Point-in-Time Count for 2023 – 1,180, up 62% from last year. Opening Doors has been…

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons hopes to duplicate Operation Brownsville in other neighborhoods in the county. Over the next 60 days, his agency will work…

In 2015, Shannon Nickinson and the Studer Community Institute developed a map showing the Escambia County neighborhoods with the largest percentages of children living in…

Yesterday, I asked County Attorney Alison Rogers for an update on the public beach easements on Perdido Key. She said the public beach easement for…

According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s office website, Operation Brownsville began this morning at 8 a.m. with Escambia County Code Enforcement and Animal Control. They…

By Jeff Bergosh A recent guest editorial and letter to the editor about OLF 8 contained strident opinions presented as facts and half-truths conflated with…

Want to win a bet? Ask your drinking buddies which county has the bigger crime problem – Mobile County, Ala. or Escambia County, Fla.? Escambia…

Former Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino told Inweekly that tried to get county staff to get a declaratory judgment concerning the 75-foot public beach easement…

Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore is improving the public safety messaging on Perdido Key to avoid further drownings on the beaches in southwest…

NAS Pensacola will open to the public this weekend, April 22 and 23 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. through the West Gate only on…

Escambia County District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender will host a town hall meeting Thursday, April 20, at 5:30 p.m. at the District 4 Community Center,…

Join District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh at his virtual 82nd Coffee with the Commissioner event Wednesday, April 12. This month, Commissioner Bergosh will stream Coffee with…

Escambia County will hold two public meetings to discuss the county’s participation in the Hurricane Sally Voluntary Home Buyout Grants process. The meetings will be…

In 2007 after a shooting at a convenience store on West Cervantes, there was a public outcry to deal with crime in the Brownsville neighborhood….

By Tom St. Myer Gun violence dominated the public forum discussion, but measures put in place to improve Brownsville as a whole took center stage…

Escambia County Gun Violence Round Table on April 4 The public is invited to attend the Escambia County Gun Violence Round Table hosted by Sheriff…