Category: Escambia County
Survey: Pensacola voters gave Superintendent Thomas and School Board much lower ratings
The Pensacola Young Professionals’ Quality Life Survey revealed a significant drop in job performance ratings for School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the Escambia County School…
PYP Quality of Life survey shows more people believe county and city going in right direction
The Pensacola Young Professionals released their 10th Annual Quality of Life Survey this morning that showed more people believe Escambia County and City of Pensacola…
Buzz: Pelicans like Bay Center
The New Orleans Pelicans have made another round of visits with Escambia County Commissioners individually. We’ve been told that the NBA team is very interested…
Dosev ready to take on Gaetz again
Cris Dosev has filed to run against Congressman Matt Gaetz in 2018. Last year, Dosev placed third behind Gaetz and State Sen. Greg Evers in…
New candidate files for State House
Vikki Garrett announced her bid for the Florida House of Representatives District 1 open seat. Garrett grew up in District 1 and said in her…
Crittenden named County’s mass transit director
Escambia County took another step towards taking over management of Escambia County Area Transit, a move that may save nearly a million dollars according to…
Inweekly article on rising jail costs praised
We received a note yesterday from Rory Fleming of the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School  praising our article “Straight Outta Options.” Dear Rick,…
Underhill: ‘Vagina hat’ comment creates a stir
Escambia Commission chairman Doug Underhill created a social media controversy when he asked one of his critics whether she was “one of those people walking…
Road Prison Welding program making difference
When Welding Instructor Danny Cain hands certificates to Escambia County Road Prison inmates who have completed the welding program at the prison, it’s not unusual…
ECAT impacts the lives of real people
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Every morning around six the ECAT buses start their routes. A local rider, Joy Hall, takes that six a.m. bus to…
Podcast: Transit Town Hall
Here is our broadcast of the first part of the Transit Town Hall:
Over 400 people show support for ECAT
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 had a huge turnout for its town hall at Pensacola State College. The head count was 430 bus riders, drivers…
Four factors needed to land a big employer
Toyota and Mazda plan to open a $1.6 billion new facility that will be a joint venture to produce the Corolla and Mazda crossover, starting…
Lawsuit concerning jail death filed
The family of the late Rodney J. Berry have filed a lawsuit against Escambia County, former Corrections Director Michael Tidwell, and two jail infirmary employees….
Opioid issue in Escambia County isn’t new
The PNJ reported today that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners has agreed to follow Commissioner Grover Robinson’s suggestion to solicit a law firm to…
Cutting local option gas tax will not reduce price at the pumps
In January 2014, the local option gas tax increased four cents to provide a secure funding source for mass transit in Escambia County. Prior to…
BCC goes with advisory pick on jail
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners selected Whitesell-Green/Caddel for the new county jail. This is the technical advisory committee ranked the highest.
Podcast: Chief Deputy Haines responds to ACLU report
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Escambia County Chief Deputy Eric Haines discussed the ACLU recommendation regarding the county jail.
Podcast: ACLU discusses jail recommendations
Benjamin Stevenson, attorney for ACLU of Florida, discussed his recommendations on how to reduce overcrowding in the Escambia County Jail on “Pensacola Speaks.” “We were…
See how technical advisory scored jail designs
Today, the Escambia Board of County Commissioner will score the two jail designs presented to them on Monday. A technical advisory has already done it….
