Category: Politics

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…

Inweekly reporter Jeremy Morrison met with the parents of Sean Harris and Aubrey Nichols, who both died after being transported by Escambia County’s Emergency Medical…

Escambia County’s two top administrators have resigned. Each gave us cryptic reasons for their departures: ACTING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AMY LOVOY: “I find it difficult to…

When former State Sen. W.D. Childers returned to Escambia County in 2000, he easily won election to the Escambia County Commission and took over as…

Late yesterday afternoon, Escambia County Community and Media Relations issued the following statement on the investigation of Emergency Medical Services. The statement makes several key…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson spoke with Escambia County interim administrator Amy Lovoy regarding the prospects of coming to work at the…

The Pensacola News Journal reports that Assistant County Administrator Matt Coughlin has turned in his 90-day notice of resignation. Inweekly had received several reports that…

City officials say the deadline for the petition drive to disrupt the expansion of MRO campus has passed without the group ever presenting any signatures…

The latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll shows that former Vice President Joe Biden has an enormous lead in Florida over the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls—leading…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is working with outside organizations to partner on efforts somewhat out of the city’s wheelhouse. Mayor Grover…

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Escambia County commissioners will be selecting the next county administrator from a pool of eight candidates. Commissioners finalized the candidate list…

Interim Escambia County Administrator Amy Lovoy turned in her resignation late Monday afternoon. Her tenure has been tumultuous, with three department heads resigning over the…