Pensacola, Fla. (May 24, 2022) – Today, the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee announced the public grant scoring for the eighth annual Foo Foo Festival, naming 12 grant recipients and allocating more…
Category: Politics
NAS fire stations receives honor
Fire & Emergency Services Gulf Coast recently earned the 2021 Commander, Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) Fire Department of the Year award (large category). The department has a coverage area consisting of five…
Baptist Hospital unveils vision
Asks for Council Resolution Three Days After Presentation by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Soon, Baptist Hospital will be relocating and leaving behind its sprawling campus in Pensacola’s West Moreno District. Local officials have…
Sheriff Simmons on firing deputy [podcast]
On Friday, May 20, Escambia County deputies responded to a call of a man who was acting erratically near the Brent Raiders Football Field. After brief resistance from the man, later identified…
Festival of Flight, June 4 [podcast]
For one day only the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) will open to the public to present the Festival of Flight, honoring the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway, from 9…
Presser Notes: Up a Creek, Confederate Flashbacks & Trail/No Trail
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson again addressed concerns about Carpenters Creek restoration work near Davis Highway Monday, clarifying some moving parts of the effort — in particular the specifics regarding…
Sprague named UWF Foundation Fellow
UWF President Martha Saunders inducted the University’s newest Foundation Fellow, Mr. Gordon “Flash†Sprague, on May 20. UWF Foundation Fellows are individuals nominated by the Board of Directors of the Foundation and…
’60-plus-page dress-down’ of DeSantis battle with Big Tech
Summary: Three-judge panel rules government can’t tell a private citizen or entity what to say or how to say it. The Free of Speech clause of the First Amendment “constrains governmental actors…
Grover named Home Rule Hero again
The Florida League of Cities has recognized Mayor Grover C. Robinson, IV with the 2022 Home Rule Hero Award for his hard work and advocacy efforts during the 2022 Legislative Session. This…
Real News podcasts: Monday, May 23
Escambia Commission Chairman Jeff Bergosh recaps the May 19 board meeting. Mayor Grover Robinson discusses some of the hottest topics in Pensacola. Erica Grancagnolo has the details on tomorrow’s job at the…
GB native serving on elite Ceremonial Guard
Gulf Breeze native spends Memorial Day honoring fallen military members while serving in the elite Ceremonial Guard By Lt. Egdanis Torres Sierra, Navy Office of Community Outreach WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the…
Monkeypox [podcast]
A new disease has been popping up – monkeypox. Several people in England have tested positive for monkeypox, according to the U.K. Health Security Agency. ABC News’ Tom Rivers has the details….