Category: Pensacola
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…
City of Pensacola releases its June 30 financial reports – 67 days after period closed
The City of Pensacola has gotten lax in releasing its quarterly unaudited financial reports. Â The reports for first six months of FY 2017 – which…
Fourteen more townhouses could be coming to downtown
Ahi Esta LLC has submitted preliminary plat for 14 townhouses on the corner of Spring and West Intendencia streets. The subdivision, Aguada Creek, is on…
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…
Official statement on Saturday protests
From the Pensacola Police Department: The demonstration at Lee Square went from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm today, with approximately 250-300 people in attendance. Pensacola…
A prayer for peace in Pensacola tomorrow
Rev. Lonnie D. Wesley, III, pastor of Greater Little Rock Baptist Church, posted on Facebook: “All right, Pensacola, two opposing groups are scheduled to protest…
Council president wants meet to vote on holding a meeting on Confederate statue
Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer has responded to Mayor Ashton Hayward’s recommendation to hold a workshop for public input on the possible removal of the…
Pensacola mayor recommends public workshop on Confederate monument
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward told Andrew McKay on NewsRadio 1620 that he is recommending that the Pensacola City Council hold a workshop to get public…
Pensacola mayor ‘accelerates’ bid for NBA G-League team
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said on NewsRadio 1620 this morning that he will tour the Pensacola Bay Center on Friday with officials from the New…
Shreveport mayor presents plans for Pelicans arena, Saints training camp
Yesterday Shreveport Mayor Ollie Taylor presented to the city council her plan for a $150-million development for her downtown that would include a 3,200 arena…
Carpenters Creek town hall tonight
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers hosts her quarterly town hall meeting tonight, 6:30 p.m. The public meeting will be head at Asbury Place behind Cokesbury United…
Council member asks Pensacola mayor for his Confederate monument plan
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers told Inweekly that she will not bring forward to the September council meeting an item to remove the “Our Confederate…
Mayor punts Confederate monument to council
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has no plan for removal of ‘Our Confederate Dead.’ Statement issued by mayor’s office: “Since my remarks Wednesday morning about the…
Keep Confederate monument side winning petition battle
Change.org has two petitions concerning the City of Pensacola’s “Our Confederate Dead” monument that Mayor Ashton Hayward has said he wants to remove. The petition…
St. John’s Cemetery sends email to Mayor Hayward on Confederate monument
Mr. Mayor; The board of directors of St. John’s Cemetery, Inc. which is a historic museum of Pensacola’s past, has authorized me to offer a…
St. John’s Cemetery open to taking Confederate monument
Attorney Eric Stevenson said the St. John’s Cemetery, Inc. is open to hosting the ‘Our Confederate Dead’ monument that Mayor Ashton Hayward has said he…
Grover Robinson suggests moving monument to a battlefield site
Inweekly reached out to Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson about the possible removal of the “Our Confederate Dead” monument. He said that he has talked…
Confederate monument removal may be governed by this council policy
Yesterday, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said that he wanted to remove the “Our Confederate Dead” monument in Lee Square, but that the city attorney was…
History of ‘Our Confederate Dead’ monument at Lee Square in Pensacola
According to Florida Public Archaeology Network, the Lee Square monument was erected throug the efforts of the Ladies Confederate Monument Association of Pensacola. This association…
