Category: Politics

Inweekly had reporter Jeremy Morrison cover the city’s visioning workshop last week. By most accounts, it was like trying to manage a box of kittens,…

Escambia Public Safety Suffers from Leadership, Communication Issues BY Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After digging into Escambia County’s Public Safety Department, ombudsman Janice Kilgore found an…

At today’s Committee of the Whole, Assistant County Administrator Matt Coughlin announced that would serve as interim county administrator to July, when Janice Gilley will…

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed Tyndall Air Force Base will be rebuilt after sustaining…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Escambia County awaits the conclusion of a Florida Department of Health investigation regarding its Emergency Medical Services, some residents are…

In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 538 likely voters in the city of Pensacola, we found that 40.1 percent supported closing the bottle clubs in…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Maybe next year. When lawmakers hit the road Saturday after ending the 2019 legislative session,…

By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson traversed a number of items Monday during his weekly press conference. In addition to filling the media in…

The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 139 met yesterday and overwhelmingly approved the labor agreement with Escambia County Area Transit. The union also expressed its displeasure…

The latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 538 likely voters in the city of Pensacola found that 73 percent of those polled were satisfied with the…

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Friday afternoon, in downtown Pensacola’s Plaza Ferdinand, local youth will gather to raise awareness about the issue of climate change. The…

The Escambia Professional Firefighters union sent this letter last night: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Administrator Lavoy, We, the Escambia County Professional Firefighters, are disappointed to…

Escambia County Fire Chief Rusty Nail was hired in May 2018. Over the past month, he has resigned, attempted to rescind his resignation and seen…

From: “Amy L. Lovoy” <allovoy@myescambia.com>Date: May 1, 2019 at 10:41:56 AM CDTTo: “chiefrustynail@gmail.com” <chiefrustynail@gmail.com>Cc: Matthew Coughlin <MCOUGHLIN@myescambia.com>, “Alison A. Rogers” <aarogers@co.escambia.fl.us>, John Dosh <JSDOSH@co.escambia.fl.us>, “Addison R. Lavaway” <ARLAVAWAY@myescambia.com>, District1…

Escambia County Fire Chief Rusty Nail sent this following letter rescinding his resignation: TO: Amy Lovoy, Interim County Administrator VIA: Matt Coughlin, Interim Public Safety…

On Thursday, April 25, United Way of Escambia County’s Board of Directors approved a motion to incorporate Santa Rosa County into the organization’s service area….

This morning Congressman Matt Gaetz called together the top local, state and federal law enforcement officials, including Escambia County David Morgan, Walton County Sheriff Mike…

By Jim Saunders & Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In one of the most-divisive issues of the 2019 legislative session, the…

There is no silver bullet that will fix the crisis in Escambia County’s administration. If the Board of County Commissioners believe an ordinance or hiring…

When Sean Harris was hit by an SUV on the night of May 15, 2017, the driver pulled over and began to video the scene…