Category: Escambia County

By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson now finds himself needing to caveat a recent decision by the Pensacola City Council to remove a Confederate…

Commissioners Steven Barry and Lumon May have asked County Administrator Janice Gilley to test all the inmates in the Escambia County Jail. As Friday, July…

Imagine if County Administrator Janice Gilley cared as much about her employees and the  public and sent out this message. We can’t get her to…

Everywhere we look we find reports about the COVID-19 outbreak in Escambia County. Yet, the county leaders – except for Commissioner Lumon May – have…

The Center for Public Integrity yesterday published an internal White House report, dated July 14, that says that 18 states are in the “red zone”…

Escambia now has had 5,054 total COVID cases –  4424 Florida residents and 630 non-Florida residents. Florida had 13,965 new cases and surpassed yesterday’s COVID…

During the Friday, July 10 presser, Corrections Chief Powell praised his jail protocols for discovering the infections among inmates. Powell said, “The biggest thing is…

The surge in COVID-19 cases has West Florida, Ascension Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospital worried, according to several sources. Each is deciding whether it’s time…

T.T. Wentworth, Jr., former Escambia County elected official, historian and namesake of the UWF Historic Trust’s T.T. Wentworth Museum in downtown Pensacola, was also the…

Florida continues to approach 300K COVID cases with 12,624 today and 11.4% positivity. Escambia County had 189 new cases – 179 Florida residents, five tied…

Increasing testing didn’t lower the positivity rate. Escambia County has joined the ranks of  the most infected COVID counties in Florida and is now considered…

Escambia County is among the only four counties with over 4,100 COVID-19 cases that doesn’t require their employees to wear face masks. County Administrator Janice…

In letter to John L. Miller, Chief Judge for First Judicial Circuit, the Society of the Criminal Defense Bar asks that the court system return to Phase…

“As of today, 132 inmates have been tested at the Escambia County jail for COVID-19. Currently, there are 71 positive cases, 12 negative cases and 49…

Florida has 8,935 COVID-19 cases – 18.3% positivity rate.  The state set a single-day record for deaths with 120. Escambia had 144 new COVID cases…

“We expect you to be serious when you make that choice. You’ll be locked in.” – Superintendent Malcolm Thomas by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The upcoming…

At 4:23 p.m. yesterday, Escambia County launched an “enhanced” COVID-19 dashboard – webpage the counties and cities, including the city of Pensacola, have published for…

Escambia County government reports eight more employees have tested positive – new total 43, up 23% from yesterday. Another 12 are awaiting test results –…

Florida has added 9,989 more cases – 14.1% positivity for July 7. Total: 223,783. Escambia County has 129 new cases – 115 are Florida residents,…

Escambia County has now added, as of 6 p.m. yesterday, to its daily COVID update that status of each department. “It has been requested to…