At the conclusion of “Keep the Wreath Green,” Escambia County Fire Rescue placed a total of 16 red bulbs on the wreaths between Dec. 1 through Dec. 31, 2022. Throughout the duration…
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Real News: Jan. 3, 2023
Commissioner Lumon May announces 2023 Living the Dream honorees. ABC News’ Aaron Katersky shares the latest details on the Maine teen charged in the attack on three NYPD officers. Statements made to…
Stakeholders collaborating to avoid Baker Act crisis
By Tom St. Myer Efforts to circumvent a looming mental health treatment crisis in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are trending in the right direction after months of collaboration among stakeholders. An…
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office handed out $196K and kept a car valued at $84K
Sheriff Chip Simmons asked the Escambia Children’s Trust to fund a virtual reality training simulator – cost $152,201.14 – along with movie nights, public service announcements and a Real Time Crime Center….
Cities, Counties File Suits Over Opioid Epidemic
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits seeking damages from the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company over…
Why were Children’s Trust proposals rejected?
After spending four hours reviewing dozens of proposals for out-of-school time programs in late November, the grant committee chair Tori Woods made a motion at the full board meeting last week to…
Cannabis dispensary asks for help after multiple break-ins
Legal Leaf on Navy Boulevard Suffers Another Burglary, Just Days After Juveniles Arrested for Breaking Into both the Navy and Cervantes Locations The business has three locations that offer legal THC-products for…
Sheriff’s office and Children’s Trust
Last week, the Escambia Children’s Trust failed to pass Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons’ request $432,501 for Movie Nights ($40,000), Public Service Announcements ($50,000), Virtual Reality Training Simulator ($152,201.14) and a Real Time…
ECFR’s Lt. Nick Gradia honored as 2022 Florida Professional Firefighter of the Year
Escambia County Fire Rescue is proud to announce that Lt. Nick Gradia was recognized last week as the recipient of the 2022 Florida Professional Firefighter of the Year award presented by the…
Randy Oliver passes, led county during difficult period
Former Escambia County Administrator Randy Oliver has died suddenly at his Pensacola home, just weeks after retiring as the administrator for Citrus County. His engineering and accounting backgrounds were a good fit…
Escambia: Meet your new county commission
On Tuesday, Nov. 22, Judge Kent Wetherell administered the oath of office and loyalty oath to Commissioner Mike Kohler. Judge Jan Shackleford did the same for Commissioner Robert Bender. Thanking his family,…
Real News: Celebrate new mayor, county commission and city council tomorrow
After the county and city’s swearing-in celebrations, Mayor D.C. Reeves, Commissioner Lumon May and Councilman Delarian Wiggins will host a community celebration from 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at Legion Field, 1301 W. Gregory…
Real News: Bergosh reflects on past year
On WCOA today, Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh reflected on his year as board chairman. Budget Deal with Sheriff Chip Simmons: “I was proud of the fact that I sat down with…
Analysis: Voters want elected officials compensated
There were very few surprises last night when the Escambia County election results were announced. With less the 30% of the votes cast being by Democrats, GOP candidates did exceptionally well across…
Urban Revitalization Plan turns 10
By Jeremy Morrison When Quint Studer first arrived in Pensacola, something befuddled him. “We were the Wild West when it came to what you could build in Pensacola,” Studer recalled. “When I…
Election Update (3:20 pm)
Note: We adjusted D6 figures after talking with Supervisor David Stafford. Precinct 31 includes Military votes and needed to be backed out. Escambia Votes Cast: 98,458 Turnout: 43.9% It looks like we…
Escambia: Over 7,000 people vote during lunch
ESCAMBIA COUNTY (1 pm) UNOFFICIAL VOTER TURNOUT: 89,251 PERCENT TURNOUT: 39.83% Local Races: Escambia County Commission District 4: 21,134 votes – 36.6% turnout Escambia County School Board District 2: 17,018 votes –…
SEC Soccer Tournament sets new attendance record
On WCOA this morning, Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer announced that the SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament had over 10,000 spectators over its week in Pensacola – setting a new attendance record. South…
Low voter turnout compared to 2018, 2020
Early voting ended on Saturday with 34,215 people casting their votes in Escambia County. With the 27,786 mail-in ballots received, the county had a voter turnout of 27.68% as of Nov. 5….
Over 25K in Escambia County have voted
Here are the stats from the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office – 52,508 votes cast, turnout 23.43% Mail: 25,457(48.66%) Early Voting: 26,842(51.31%) Provisional: 16(0.03%)
