ECUA sets June 16 as end date for free flood debris collection
Press Release: Under normal circumstances, the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) does not collect construction and demolition (C&D) debris without an additional charge. However, since…
Escambia County to Receive Due Funds from Hurricane Ivan
On Tuesday, May 20, Escambia County Commission Chairman Lumon May addressed a letter to Florida Governor Rick Scott asking for additional financial relief related to…
Minor League Baseball Charities to Donate $10,000 to Local Flood Victims
Non-profit recipient will be chosen by Wahoos fans Minor League Baseball Charities today announced they will donate $10,000 to a local non-profit that is providing…
Clerk’s Office issues Virus Email Warning
The Escambia County Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller’s Office has been notified that local residents have received scam emails of a “Notice to Appear 
Expenditures associated with jail explosion exceed $13 million
Readers have pointed out other emergency purchase orders associated with the April 29 explosion at the county’s Central Booking and Detention Center. The purchases orders…
ECAT seeks feedback
Representatives from Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) announced the start of the Comprehensive Operations Analysis (COA), a study of the routes, schedules and amenities that…
Redistricting trial takes mysterious turn
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida Just before a judge cleared the courtroom so a GOP operative could testify in secret, lawyers for…
Jail Explosion costs county over $5.4 million in May alone
The emergency purchase orders resulting from the April 29 jail explosion have cost Escambia County to date: $5,435,054. Those does not include the cost of…
Main Jail without hot meals and laundry
My sources inside the Main Jail have shared how much more things have deteriorated in the Main Jail since Central Booking and Detention exploded on…
Escambia County Responds to Main Jail Gas Leak
Around 8:00 this morning, Thursday, May 29, a person preparing food in the kitchen of the Escambia County Main Jail, 2935 North L Street, detected…
BP law firm agrees to keep income from case away from son of Supreme Court Justice Scalia
An attorney friend passed on this 2013 article on possible conflicts when U.S. Supreme Court Justices hear cases involving law firms that have their family…
Scalia may have conflict on hearing BP appeal
Last Thursday, attorney Mike Papantonio said on Ed Schultz’s television program that Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito must recuse themselves from hearing…
