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 work out a resolution on the local…
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Quest for City DROP records continues
On Aug. 3, Inweekly made the same public record request of the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) and the City of Pensacola. We didn’t intend it to be a test, but…
Zumwalt ad: ‘We need more war fighters and fewer politicians’
GOP Congressional candidate James Zumwalt has released his first television ad:
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 Escambia BCC.” “While I do have some…
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 report will be released after the Medical…
Pari-mutuels put $5K in Mike Hill’s Florida Senate campaign
According to the latest reports on the Florida Department of State website, State Rep. Doug Broxson raised during the last reporting period more contributions than State Rep. Mike Hill in their battle…
Who is the client of the City Attorney
Last week, City Attorney Lysia Bowling told the Pensacola City Council that she independently made the decision to file an appeal to Florida Cabinet regarding the distribution of the local option gas…
Escambia adds over 1,000 voters in July
According to the latest statistics provided by the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office, 1,063 voters were added in the month of July. Only 195 of the new voters were inside the…
Olson expects VT MAE groundbreaking to be Sept. 8
City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly report to the Pensacola City Council at its agenda review on Aug. 8. He said the city would hold next month the groundbreaking for the…
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 South Palafox Street. Police were dispatched to…
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 an employee-involved shooting, one fatality. Stay tuned….
Pensacola Fire Department overtime continues to climb in June
The City of Pensacola finally released the Monthly Line-item Financial Statement for June 2016. Once again, the overtime expenditures of the Pensacola Fire Department, $54,609, were over the monthly budget allocation. In…