Category: Politics

Published as received. Apparently Mr. McCallsiter (or McCallister) doesn’t have spell-check on his Radio Shack computer. LAWSUIT FILED FILED TO PREVENT LEE SQUARE CENOTAPH REMOVAL…

Escambia now has had 5,054 total COVID cases –  4424 Florida residents and 630 non-Florida residents. Florida had 13,965 new cases and surpassed yesterday’s COVID…

During the Friday, July 10 presser, Corrections Chief Powell praised his jail protocols for discovering the infections among inmates. Powell said, “The biggest thing is…

The Escambia County Board of Commissioners will hold several meetings Thursday, July, 16. Public Forum will begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by the BCC Regular Meeting…

Axios reports of the 20 U.S. metro areas with the highest daily case growth, nine are in Florida, according to Nephron Research. Pensacola is among…

By Jeremy Morrison and Sydney Robinson After more than a century, Pensacola’s Confederate monument is coming down. In a five-hour marathon of a meeting Tuesday…

This week Inweekly will publish its COVID-19 Ballsy plan. Escambia County is sitting on $14.32 million and trying to figure out to spend it. The…

Historian, community activist and Pensacola City Council candidate Teniade Broughton has posted on her Facebook page a newspaper article from July 10, 1977 about the…

Ascension Sacred Heart is cutting back on visitations. Baptist just announced it will do the same. Update from Baptist: “Because the recent spike in the number…

Mayor Grover Robinson’s Citizen Police Advisory Committee met Thursday, July 9. Here’s Jeremy’s article on the inaugural meeting. Citizens on Patrol/h3> by Jeremy Morrison It was a…

The surge in COVID-19 cases has West Florida, Ascension Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospital worried, according to several sources. Each is deciding whether it’s time…

Dear President Cannada-Wynn and Honorable City Council Members: The Pensacola Young Professionals (PYP) was created in 2006 to empower young professionals to make a difference…

The attorneys for Jason Uphaus, the man arrested for falling on the hood of an SUV which tried to drive through a crowd of protesters…

“I’ve been shocked at how many people have asked us to place it in the Gulf as a reef.” by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city…

T.T. Wentworth, Jr., former Escambia County elected official, historian and namesake of the UWF Historic Trust’s T.T. Wentworth Museum in downtown Pensacola, was also the…

Florida continues to approach 300K COVID cases with 12,624 today and 11.4% positivity. Escambia County had 189 new cases – 179 Florida residents, five tied…

District 1 County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh has more COVID-19 cases in his home zip code (32526) than his fellow commissioners. It’s a good thing his…

Increasing testing didn’t lower the positivity rate. Escambia County has joined the ranks of  the most infected COVID counties in Florida and is now considered…

Escambia County is among the only four counties with over 4,100 COVID-19 cases that doesn’t require their employees to wear face masks. County Administrator Janice…

The City of Pensacola is closing all community resource centers and programs to the public until further notice, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Escambia County…