By Tom St. Myer Movement for Perdido to incorporate into a municipality is gaining momentum after hundreds of residents attended an inaugural meeting Monday night at Liberty Church. We Are Perdido, a…
Mental Health focus
This week, Inweekly delves deeper into mental health care, not just locally but statewide. Escambia County isn’t the only county trying to figure how to improve mental health care. Our story goes…
Deja vu in Brownsville
At his gun violence roundtable last week, Sheriff Chip Simmons asked community and church leaders to join him in turning around the Brownsville community. We’ve tried this before. Fifteen years ago, another…
MESS Hall: Women in Science
The Pensacola MESS Hall will host a free, adult-oriented reception on February 16 at 5 PM to celebrate the installation of twelve posters of women scientists on the outside of our facility….
Real News: Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeve recaps his trip to D.C,. and discusses the need to focus on the military in our area. Stephanie Shepard lost her son, age 18, to a drug overdose….
Podcast: Glenn Miller Orchestra returns
The world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra is returning to the National Naval Aviation Museum for a live, in-person concert in February that will be open to the general public. The performance takes place…
Foo Foo kickoff on Monday, Feb 6
The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival is returning bigger and better than ever in 2023 as it announces its 10 Year celebration. On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:30 a.m., the Foo Foo…
UWF ranked again
The University of West Florida ranked among the best in the nation in the 2023 U.S. News and World Report Best Online College rankings. UWF ranked 42nd among 359 institutions for Best…
Podcast: Mass shootings – a challenge for law enforcement
Less than one month into 2023, the United States has totaled 36 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The mass shooting of this past Sunday, which killed 11 and injured…
Podcast: Drug abuse among local teens
Last October, Stephanie Shepard lost her son, age 18, to a drug overdose. Since then, she has formed a nonprofit Hope Above Fear to establish a youth inpatient rehab in Escambia County. …
‘One World, Many Voices’ tickets on sale
Pensacola, Fla. – JANUARY 2023 – Tickets are now available for “One World, Many Voices,” presented by the Pensacola Children’s Chorus (PCC) on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at First Baptist Church. Audience…
Free Tax Help Available from United Way of West Florida
Pensacola, FL – People can start booking appointments Wednesday, January 25, to get their taxes filed for free through VITA, United Way of West Florida’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. “Last year, we secured…
Living the Dream: Chandra Smiley’s speech
The “Living the Dream” celebration took place on Saturday, Jan. 14. The 2023 honorees were John Albritton, Grace McCaffery, Celestine Lewis, Kevin Robinson, Bruce Partington, Fannie Finkley, John Chandler and Chandra Smiley….
Real News: Monday, Jan. 23, 2023
Levin Papantino Rafferty shareholder Kim Adams has filed an Amicus Brief in Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google LLC, which is before the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief states the argument that…
We Are Perdido meeting agenda
Providing education and educational resources to the general public concerning the municipal incorporation of the Perdido, Florida community. Learning about the municipal incorporation process. MEETING AGENDA January 23, 2023 7-9 p.m. Liberty…
County terminates contract for jail construction
Whitesell-Green/Caddell sued Escambia County, alleging the county still owes the company $3.4 million for the construction of the new county jail. The county has countered the contractor—a joint company between Whitesell-Green and…
Escambia continues book-removal process
By Jeremy Morrison The Escambia County School District continues to review books for objectionable content and removal. Most of the books on Escambia’s list have been challenged by one person, Northview High…
Real News: Friday, Jan. 20, 2023
The University of West Florida announced a $250,000 gift from Rhonda and Jerry Maygarden to the Maygarden Family Scholarship Endowment at the UWF Foundation and to name the Jerry Louis Maygarden Undergraduate…
FAA explains Jan. 11 computer glitch
Official statement from FAA: A preliminary FAA review of last week’s outage of the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system determined that contract personnel unintentionally deleted files while working to correct synchronization…
By the numbers: Specialty Licenses
From the News Service of Florida: Florida motorists had more than 1.99 million specialty license plates as of last week. Here are the 10 most-popular specialty plates: — Endless Summer: 124,633 —…