Category: Escambia County
Buy ‘Little Monster’ T-shirt and support domestic violence shelter
Are you a “Little Monster?” Inweekly has come up with the perfect attire for the next Escambia County Commission meeting. Click on your favorite design to…
Personal attacks on Parkland students increase after rallies
The New York Times reports that personal attacks on the outspoken students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have increased since the March of Our…
Panhandle commissioner blames Parkland, Fla. for creating ‘little monsters’
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill broadened his attacks on the students who participated in the March for Our Lives rallies to include the city of…
Underhill calls March for Our Lives teens ‘pathetic’
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill took to Facebook on Saturday morning to announce his disapproval of the March for Our Lives teens. He wrote, “Good…
ECSO modifications of interlocal agreement
ECSO Chief Public Information Officer Amber Southard has told us that the mediation is a two-phase process that the ECSO considers the mediation agreement an…
Mediation and Interlocal agreements side-by-side
Inweekly has placed the Mediation agreement and the Interlocal agreement drafted by the county side-by-side: Mediation Agreement Interlocal Agreement 1. Board of County Commissioners shall agree…
Is the BCC-ECSO mediation agreement binding?
Yesterday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) issued a press release stating that Sheriff David Morgan would not accept the mediation agreement approved the Escambia…
Sheriff releases official statement on budget impasse
From the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office: “The attempt to resolve the budget appeal through mediation appears to have been unsuccessful. “Based on communication after the…
Sheriff rejects mediation agreement
Sheriff David Morgan has rejected the mediation agreement that would have given his agency $9.1 million over the next four years for pay raises for…
Outside agency allocation schedule not part of agreement
According to Commissioner Grover Robinson, the new allocation schedule that was given to Inweekly with the mediation agreement is not part of the agreement. He…
County and Sheriff have budget agreement
County Administrator Jack Brown and Sheriff David Morgan have offered a mediation agreement to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners: 1. The first year, the…
League has two upcoming meetings
The League of Women Voters Pensacola Bay Area has two meeting scheduled: C. A. Weis Community School Speaker: Holly Magee, Principal of Weis Community School,….
Campaign reports for County Commission seats
Update: Robert Bender’s campaign report has been uploaded to SOE website since this post was published The February campaigns have begun to be posted to…
Breaking news: BCC and Sheriff could be close to settling budget dispute
The Escambia Board of County Commissioner has called a “shade meeting” to discuss Sheriff David Morgan’s pending budget appeal before the Administration Commission. Inweekly has…
Another rough week for local gun violence
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office dealt with SWAT standoff, a shoot-out between people in two vehicles and a man found shot on Frontera Circle–within a…
Panhandle leads state in preventable ER visits
The latest Quarterly Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Report from the Agency for Health Care Administration showed Region 1, which covers the panhandle from Panama City…
Underhill cleared of ethics violation claim
County Press Release: District 2 Commissioner Doug Underhill appeared in front of the State of Florida Commission on Ethics today, March 9, in Tallahassee where…
State budget could put pressure on county and city to raise pay for deputies and cops
The News Service of Florida reports that the state budget has a 7 percent pay raise for law-enforcement officers in the Florida Highway Patrol, the…
Pensacola Bay Center Replacement Project page available
The Escambia County Commission is reviewing the best way to move forward with the aging Pensacola Bay Center and the challenges the facility currently faces….
Escambia County receives grants for Three RESTORE projects
Escambia County Receives Grant Awards for Three RESTORE Projects from U.S. Treasury On March 1, Escambia County received grant awards for three RESTORE Direct Component…
