By Tom St. Myer Gun violence served as the entry point, but a roundtable consisting primarily of elected officials expanded into a broad conversation about Black-on-Black crime, fatherless households, mental health, socioeconomic…
Category: Politics
Real News: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022
Maritime Commerce Day is Wednesday, Oct. 28. Port of Pensacola Director Clark Merritt provides an update on the port. Sheriff Chip Simmons talks about his expectations for what will be the first…
Podcast: ‘We have a real issue here’
Gloria Horning lives on DeVilliers Street and has been tracking the sewage issue for eight years. I had her on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning to discuss ECUA’s latest discovery…
Presser Notes: Airport Aspirations & Revealing Roadwork
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Last week, city of Pensacola officials met with a visiting team from the Florida Department of Transportation. It was a productive meeting, Mayor Grover Robinson said during his…
Highlights: 2022 Quality of Life Survey
Quint Studer and the Pensacola Young Professionals unveiled the 2022 Quality of Life Survey last night at a CivicCon event. The Studers have paid for the Mason-Dixon poll of community attitudes since…
Breaking: Commissioner May will seek a fourth term
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May announces that he will file for another term.
More West Cervantes crosswalks open next week
Seven new mid-block crosswalks will be activated on West Cervantes Street, between Dominquez and A Streets, the week of Monday, Oct. 17. The crossings are located between the following streets: Dominguez and…
Halloween Market coming to downtown
Children are encouraged to dress in their most outrageous costumes for a special “Halloween Market” edition of the Palafox Market on Saturday, Oct. 29th. Vendor booths will be decorated for the autumn…
FDOT: Northbound Bridge over Carpenter’s Creek Set to Open Next Week
Chipley, Fla. – The Ninth Avenue northbound bridge over Carpenter’s Creek is slated to open next week. Two travel lanes in each direction will be open when traffic is placed in the…
Lewis Bear Jr. honored with Life Service award
National Beer Wholesaler Association president and CEO Craig Purser and Board Chairman Peter Heimark jointly announced that Lewis Bear, Jr. would be receiving this year’s Life Service Award, the association’s highest honor….
Bubble Alley coming for Foo Foo Fest
Friends of Downtown Pensacola will help Pensacola’s Foo Foo Festival pop the cork on its annual 12-day cultural celebration Nov. 3 with the unveiling of 4,000 colorful bubbles hovering over the city’s…
Real News podcast: Monday, Oct. 10, 2022
Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones clears up some of the confusion surrounding EDATEs. An analysis by a University of West Florida team identified areas in the contiguous United States where suicide…