Category: Escambia County
COVID-19 mutation: more contagious
The COVID-19 virus appears to be mutating and has become more contagious. The more contagious the virus, the greater need for face masks. Since early…
County to start passing our face masks
In its daily COVID-19 update, Escambia County said its Department of Public Safety will begin distributing “face covering masks” free of charge. When? To be…
Gilley Games: The Face Mask boogie
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley had her staff put out a press release regarding Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press event at Ascension Sacred Heart yesterday –…
Escambia blows past daily COVID record
Escambia County has 92 new COVID cases, surpassing the record set yesterday of 68. Of the new cases, 81 were Florida residents, two were tied…
Escambia County keeps people in the dark on COVID
How safe are Pensacola Beach, downtown Pensacola, Cordova Mall and other parts of Escambia County? Transparency hasn’t been a priority for Escambia County Administrator Janice…
Poll: Voters like new monuments
In a recent poll by The Political Matrix of 848 Escambia County residents, we found that 55.7% would like a monument commission implemented to look…
Peek at Inweekly June 25 issue
We will start delivering this issue to news stands late this afternoon:
Mike Hill defends Confederate monument, of course
GOP State Rep. Mike Hill has put up a video on Facebook defending the Confederate monument in downtown Pensacola: “I’m Conservative Republican Representative Mike Hill….
Breaking news: ECAT to be tested for COVID
The Florida Department of Health is setting up testing for ECAT employees for Thursday and Friday after an ECAT driver tested positive for COVID-19. ECAT…
Simmons discusses Floyd’s death, protests, changes to policing
Chief Deputy Chip Simmons has the watched the video of the Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd. For him, the killing…
BCC needs DOH update on COVID
The standard line from the White House, Â Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia DOH is the rise in positives cases of COVID-19 are due to…
COVID cases up, but not on BCC agenda
Florida and Escambia County have seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases over the past three days. The state has reported 6,499 new cases and 83…
Alexander answers questions at candidates forum
By C. Scott Satterwhite After a week of nation-wide protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, former Chief of Police David Alexander…
Escambia has third COVID-19 death in past four days
Escambia County has another COVID-19 death – third in four days, 36 year-to-date. Â The death was a male, 90, who had been first diagnosed on…
Escambia County: One out of every five children lives in poverty
The Florida Chamber Foundation’s Prosperity Initiative has taken on the goal of reducing the number of children in poverty to less than 10% by 2030….
Small business loans handed out
Yesterday morning, Kelly Massey of the UWF Small Business Development Center presented to the Escambia County Commission the list of 50 businesses were awarded Escambia…
Ca c’est bon: Louisiana tourists can now vacation on Pensacola Beach
Escambia County  has updated its short-term vacation rental plan.  Now Louisianna  residents are allowed to vacation.  Good thing, since we’ve seen plenty of Louisiana tags…
Powerful video from local ministers: ‘The time is now’
A Reflection on MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail Clergy from seven historic downtown religious communities in Pensacola, FL reflect on Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter…
Thursday a.m. briefing
I had a phone conversation with Christine Freer, DOH Escambia PIO, and sent her my spreadsheet on the spike in COVID-19 cases from May 30-June…
