On Sunday, April 15, a man was robbed and shot in the neck in his home near Downtown Pensacola in the 1000 block of N. J St. Shabaz Peterson Jr., age 20,…
Category: Escambia County
Breaking news: Rusty Nail named new Escambia Co. fire chief
Russell ‘Rusty’ Nail, the fire chief fo Palm Bay, Fla., has been selected the new chief for Escambia County. Nail was chosen from a pool of 77 candidates that had been narrowed…
1st District Court of Appeal sides with inmate in Escambia county case
From the News Service of Florida: An appeals court Wednesday sided with an inmate who argued that part of a 2009 state law was unconstitutional because it gave too much authority to…
Round 2: Sheriff v. BCC
Escambia Board of County Commissioners wants to once again sit down with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and work out a budget deal that would fund a pay plan for deputies. The…
And now this: Hill pledges to repeal gun reform law
Mike Hill, a candidate for Florida House District 1, issued a press release to announce his intention to repeal portions of FL SB 7026 if elected. He wants to repeal the higher…
Escambia District 2 supports gun reforms
Inweekly had Political Matrix also survey District 2 voters to find out their views on some of the gun reforms have been discussed. Their attitudes were only slightly more conservative than those…
Commissioners to hold shade meeting on ECSO budget appeal
The Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County, Florida will hold a private meeting with its attorneys to discuss the pending appeal before the Administration Commission of David Morgan, Sheriff, Escambia County,…
Inconsistencies found in county land use ordinance
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) found the part of Escambia County Ordinance No. 2017-65 that permits “light industrial uses within the MU-S Future Land Use Category is “not consistent with…
Property appraiser loses Beach tax appeal
The Florida Supreme Court has denied a request by Escambia County Property Appraiser, Chris Jones, that the Court review two recent lower court decisions in favor of Pensacola Beach taxpayers. The ruling…
Grant to design Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park received
On April 2, Escambia County received a grant award for the Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park RESTORE Direct Component Pot 1 project from the U.S. Department of Treasury as part of the…
Bots tie up blog
Apparently our reporting has upset someone. Since 10:35 a.m. on Monday, we have been under attack from bots that overwhelmed our server–50,000 “viewers” at the same time repeatedly. The attack was well…
Viewpoint: County cannot run the jail
By Rick Outzen Inweekly publisher –The worse decision in the history of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners was the 4-1 vote in the summer of 2013 for the county to take…