Category: Escambia County
Lifeguards on Perdido Key could be expensive [podcast]
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 open this weekend
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…
District 4 Town Hall on April 20
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,…
Coffee with the Commissioner on April 12
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…
Home Buyout Grants
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…
Sixteen years ago, Sheriff tried to clean up Brownsville
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….
Sheriff launches Operation Brownsville (not Good Neighbor, oops)
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…
Third Gun Violence Roundtable
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…
Real News: Beulah, Soul Royals
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses his expectations for the Beulah Master Plan. The Soul Royals – one of the more popular musical groups in…
Bye, ERIC
On Monday, the Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced that Florida’s ending its involvement in Eric, which is the Electronic Registration Information Center, a…
UWF Students join statewide walkout
Protest DeSantis Education Moves by Jeremy Morrison On Thursday, students at the University of West Florida joined with thousands of other students on high school…
Pillow talk about Christian Nationalism
By Jeremy Morrison MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell — a Trump-era caricature growing even more cartoonish in hindsight — has largely been relegated to the political…
ECT: A failure to connect
The Escambia Children’s Trust’s executive director, Tammy Greer, appeared before the school board on Monday and responded to criticism that the ECT only awarded two…
Psst, Mental Health Task Force met again
The Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida met again last week in private. No announcement of the meeting appeared on its website, and no…
Breaking: County gets new $35 million offer for OLF-8
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh announced on WCOA this morning that the Board of County Commissioners has received a $35-million offer for Outlying Landing Field 8. He…
Bergosh: D.R. Horton offer ‘would be a windfall’ [podcast]
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh was my guest on WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. He sees D.R. Horton’s offer of $33 million…
Alert system misfires
Pensacola Catholic High was the victim of a swatting incident on Wednesday, Feb. 8, when someone notified law enforcement of a possible active shooter situation…
Andrade endorses White for State Senate
Sen. Doug Broxson will term out of office in 2024. Several potential candidates have been mentioned, but former State Rep. Frank White appears to be…
North Escambia and Santa Rosa counties receive state grants for broadband
At a press conference in Milton this morning, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the first set of awards through the Broadband Opportunity Grant Program to expand…
God in Government Award
Sheriff Chip Simmons was named the 2023 recipient of the God in Government Award at 46th Annual Governmental Prayer Breakfast on Saturday. The breakfast was…
