Escambia County has $14.32 million of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)) Act funds and still the administration hasn’t presented a plan to the county commission. Another $43 million is on…
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Escambia County Jail only tests 13 prisoners in past seven days
The Escambia County has clamped down on testing prisoners for COVID-19 at its county jail. From July 1-27, the county tested 197 inmates – around 50 a week – 71.6% tested positive….
Escambia voters believe in face masks and want them in county buildings
According to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix, nearly 80% of Escambia voters believe face masks help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and want them mandated for county employees and visitors to…
Escambia County open for everything but union negotiations
Escambia County administration has continued to hold meetings with developers and contractors on their development plans since March. The fact that county operations have continued during the crisis has been a source of…
‘Stay Clean’ added to ‘Mask Up’ campaign
“Unfortunately, it sounds like COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon we are urging the public to continue to focus on staying clean to stay healthy.” Beginning Wednesday, July 29, Escambia County…
Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act planning
Eight Florida counties with less than 500,000 population have received a first installment of more than $14 million from the CARES Act. Two have not developed a plan to spend the money…
Escambia commissioners given three face mask options
By request, Escambia County Attorney Alison Rogers has drafted three options for the Board of County Commissioners to consider regarding face covering. Through a public record request, Inweekly received the cover letter…
Myers: ‘Commissioner Bender, I will not be ignored”
After reading District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender’s comments in an interview with Inweekly reporter Jeremy Morrison, Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers called to say she did write the commissioner over a week…
Only a third chose classroom instruction in Escambia
NorthEscambia.com reports that only about a third of parents with school-aged children in the Escambia County School public school system told the district that they wanted their kids to have traditional learning…
Wentworth’s sensationalized history of the KKK
In 1927, the editor of the Ku Klux Klan’s monthly periodical “The Kourier,†asked T.T. Wentworth, Jr. to write an article on the rebirth of the Klan in Pensacola. Wentworth wasn’t chosen…
Gilley CARES Plan vs. Inweekly COVID-19 Ballsy Plan
In late March, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) act that gave counties funds to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most  Board of County Commissioners in…
Presser notes: Monuments and masks
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 monument from downtown. “There’s still a lot…
Jail guards discourage COVID testing
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 17, the jail had test 183 inmates…
Mask message from Walmart
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 give us an accurate report on COVID-19…
Escambia has ‘COVID Epidemic Outbreak’
Everywhere we look we find reports about the COVID-19 outbreak in Escambia County. Yet, the county leaders – except for Commissioner Lumon May – have refused to do anything proactive other than…
White House report: Escambia, Santa Rosa in Red Zone
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” for COVID-19 cases — including Florida, Georgia…
Escambia County moves past 5K cases
Escambia now has had 5,054 total COVID cases – Â 4424 Florida residents and 630 non-Florida residents. Florida had 13,965 new cases and surpassed yesterday’s COVID death record with 156 additional deaths. Escambia…
County Jail: Sewage, dry cereal, Sam’s Club ponchos
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 that we continue to elevate our cleanliness….
Buzz: West Florida Hospital drops elective surgeries
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 to limit visitors to their facilities and…
T.T. Wentworth: Exalted Cyclops of KKK
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 Exalted Cyclops of the local Ku Klux…
