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Breaking news: Myers proposes repeal of anti-panhandling ordinance

Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers notified Inweekly that she plans to ask her fellow council members to repeal the anti-panhandling ordinance passed earlier this month…

Poll: City voters hate veto but still support ‘strong mayor’ charter

The latest Inweekly-Political Matrix survey found that Pensacola city voters overwhelmingly disagreed with Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the council vote regarding hiring a budget…

City concedes to public pressure, Morris Court playground to reopen

Thanks to lobbying from Commissioner Lumon May and the neighborhood on the Area Housing Commission the Morris Court playground will reopen next Tuesday. Of course,…

Judge grants new penalty phase for Patrick Gonzalez

The State Attorney’s Office announced this morning that Judge Nickolas Geeker has ordered a new penalty phase for Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., who was convicted…

Blues on the Bay concert to benefit Workman Middle band

When the Emerald Coast Blues Brothers take the stage at the next Blues Angel Music Blues on the Bay Concert on June 4, they, like…

Free Beach Trolley service starts tomorrow

The free trolley service on Pensacola Beach, provided by the Santa Rosa Island Authority, will kick into full swing on Friday, May 26, at 5…

ParsCo selected for Blount project

By Samantha Sontag INWEEKLY In a Pensacola City Hall meeting regarding the former Blount School property sale and redevelopment Thursday morning, all committee votes were…

Gaetz answers healthcare questions without a body-slam [podcast]

Congressman Matt Gaetz was my guest yesterday on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks.” He stepped put a House Judiciary Committee meeting to talk about…

News Talk 1370 WCOA to broadcast live the Inweekly town hall

News Talk 1370 WCOA has offered to broadcast live the first half of our Inweekly Listening Tour town hall that will held on Thursday, June…

Escambia Democratic Party hosts Democratic Candidate and Campaign Training

PENSACOLAâ€”The Escambia Democratic Party is offering a day-long Candidate and Campaign Training for Democrats in the Florida Panhandle The training will introduce participants to the…

Rawson Lane rodeo ends in unusual 3-2 vote

By Samantha Sontag INWEEKLY After a 4 Â½-hour meeting Monday evening, the Escambia County Commissioners voted to embrace change with a 3-2 vote in favor…

Podcast: ‘Giant Killers’ Levin Papantonio Tackle Terrorism

Giant killer Mike Papantonio and his team at Levin Papantonio, along with six other national firms, filed a lawsuit (Holladay, et al. v. Iran) on…

Putnam: We should not let complacency creep into the state [podcast]

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced two weeks ago his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Gov. Rick Scott terms out in 2018, and…

38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp starts next month

The 38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp hosted by the City of Pensacola Department of Parks and Recreation Sports Speciality Summer Camp Program will conduct…

State concealed-weapon database hacked

From The News Service of Florida: Nearly 500 people may have had their Social Security numbers obtained in a data breach at the Florida Department…

Videos of Carpenter’s Creek clean-up

This past weekend, the Emerald Coastkeepers led another clean-up of Carpenter’s Creek. Councilwoman Sherri Myers took these videos of the effort. She gave me this…