Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan called an “all hands†meeting this afternoon to respond to allegations made by woman who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for sex crimes involving her teenage…
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Hill loves Inweekly now
After being called “fake news” for two weeks by the state lawmaker and his supporters, Inweekly has picked up an unlikely new fan–Rep. Mike Hill. The District 1 representative is using an…
Magaha passes
Former Escambia County Clerk of the Court Ernie Lee Magaha, Sr. passed away yesterday at the age of  91. Magaha first ran for clerk of the court in 1956 and held the…
Transit union claims agreement, county says negotiations still open
Michael A. Lowery, the president and business agent for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, AFL-CIO, says the union had reached a labor agreement at the end of April. However, Special Assistant…
Poll: Hill has support, but not so much for his issues
In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 450 likely Republican voters in State House District 1, we found that 52.4 percent would re-elect controversial State Rep. Mike Hill today. If the election were…
FB BCC attacks contagious?
Ryan Nicol of Florida Politics reports that GOP Brevard Commissioner Bryan Lober last week went after  Stacey Patel, who serves as the chair of the Brevard Democratic Executive Committee on the Facebook page called…
Voters show no support for paying legal fees for commissioners over FB comments
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill is looking for the taxpayers to pay to defend him against a lawsuit concerning comments he made on Facebook. The InWeekly/Political Matrix polled 605 likely Escambia County…
Bridge Name Game
By Danielle Brown, Inweekly Tensions ran high among Escambia and Santa Rosa County citizens in the final public meeting over renaming the Pensacola Bay Bridge. On Wednesday evening, the Pensacola Bay Bridge…
Underhill sued over FB comments (update)
Editor’s note: County Attorney Alison Rogers emailed me this: “…the BCC recently voted to totally repeal the County Commissioner Technology policy, so it is no longer in effect.  I don’t have the…
Prof. Andrade’s Guns and Money 101
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Rep. Alex Andrade knew it was going to be a tough evening. The District 2 Republican was sitting in the Brownsville Community Center for a post-legislative session town…
Young appointed judge
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Pensacola attorney Charles Young to replace Escambia County Judge Joyce Williams, who announced her resignation in March. Young, 58, of Pensacola, has been an attorney at Clark…
Group calls for carving out $133 million in ‘turkeys’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida TaxWatch says $133 million should be slashed from the state’s proposed budget, though Gov. Ron DeSantis should employ a relatively “light…