Category: Escambia County
In Escambia County, incumbents rarely lose primaries but it can happen
A challenger has the best chance to beat an incumbent when there are only two candidates in the race – 2014: Underhill vs. Valentino; 2012:…
Grand jury indicts man for first degree felony murder in toddler’s death
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Alonzo Dewayne Thompkins, Jr. for First Degree Felony Murder in the death…
Mum on investigation of shooting in old Escambia courthouse
Escambia County and Pensacola Police Department are not ready to release any more information on the Aug. 12 shooting at the Escambia County Administrative Complex….
Citizen advisory in Century charged with Sunshine Law violations
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that four members of the Citizens Advisory Task Force, an advisory board to the Town of Century City Council,…
Early Voting Begins Saturday
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford announces early voting locations and times for the Primary Election – a total of seven sites will…
DROP report for ECUA and Escambia County School District
This information was provided by the Florida Department of Management Services after Inweekly made a verbal request for the Florida Retirement System’s Deferred Retirement Option…
County DROP report
The Florida Department of Management Services provided Inweekly its database for the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). The file had 656 names for Escambia and…
Mayor’s office blocks council executive from gas tax meeting
A series of emails given to Inweekly show that when Mayor’s leadership team met with county staff to resolve the issue over the distribution of…
Pensacola and Escambia reopen gas tax talks [podcast]
Escambia County Commission chairman Grover Robinson said on “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday that Escambia County staff is meeting with City of Pensacola staff to try to…
Grover asks Mayor to accept gas tax offer
Escambia County Commission Chair Grover Robinson has sent a letter to Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward urging him to “accept the proposal currently approved by the…
Police release name of county employee in Friday shooting
The Pensacola Police Department released the name of the Escambia County employee who last Friday took in his life – Christopher L. Wynn. The full…
Official statement on County shooting
From Pensacola Police Department: Foul play is not suspected in the death of a man whose body was found this afternoon inside a building on…
Breaking news: Shooting in County Administrative Complex (update)
Law enforcement has evacuated the Escambia County Administrative Complex on South Palafox Street. The street has been blocked off. The word is there has been…
Bowling insists she appealed gas tax independently
Since last week, City Attorney Lysia Bowling has told the Pensacola City Council that it was her decision to appeal the Local Option Gas Tax…
Residency of ECUA board member an issue for courts or Gov. Scott
Earlier this week, a citizen of District 3 filed a complaint with the Supervisor of Elections that her Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Board representative, Elvin…
Underhill: What is a fiscal conservative [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks” on Monday, Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill talked about budgeting and his definition of a fiscal conservative. We touched on the local…
ECUA and BCC launch recycling facility on Aug. 22
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Board (ECUA) and Escambia County Board of County Commissioners(BCC) will hold a kick-off ceremony to mark the opening of the…
No joint meeting between commission and council
Last week, Mayor Ashton Hayward appealed to the state the county’s distribution formula for the local option gas tax. The appeal was sent one week…
Forum for State Senate, Sheriff set for Aug. 15
The Warrington Revitalization Committee has scheduled a candidate forum for State Senate District 1 and Escambia County Sheriff races for 5:45-7:30 p.m. on Aug. 15,…
Top ‘Pensacola Speaks’ podcasts for the week ending Aug. 6
The “Pensacola Speaks” podcasts are ranked in the top 150 in the PodOmatic network. Here the top episodes for this past week: Â 1. Broxson fires…
