Interview: Morgan has focused on gangs and guns since taking office

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan yesterday told the media that he doesn’t see the need for special regional task force on gun-related crimes, which Mayor…

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Poll: Biden still leads Democratic field in Florida

Joe Biden still leads the Democratic presidential field among Florida Democrats after last week’s debates, according to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll. Biden leads with…

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Timeline: County had a Gun Crime Response Team in 2012

The last time Escambia County had a multi-agency task force targeting gun-related crimes was seven years ago. Sheriff David Morgan announced the “crime response team”…

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LaBounty joins Ark State staff

Press release: Arkansas State head baseball coach Tommy Raffo announced the addition of Drew LaBounty to his staff as a Volunteer Assistant, Monday.  “We are…

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Dream Defenders decry Task Force, repeat demands

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Members of the community organization Dream Defenders publicly staked out its position on the city of Pensacola’s response thus far to…

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New task forces addresses gun violence, police training

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is partnering with the United States Attorney’s Office to form a task force purposed with addressing gun…

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Pensacola to assess athletic field chemicals

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola’s Environmental Advisory Board will be looking into exactly what chemicals are used to care for municipal athletic…

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Pensacola Entrepreneur Initiative

Effort to be led by D.C. Reeves, co-founder Perfect Plain Brewing Company Press Release: Northwest Florida has many great components to start and grow small…

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Retailers ready for back-to-school tax ‘holiday’

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s retail industry is gearing up for this year’s back-to-school sales tax “holiday” on clothes,…

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State Rep deletes Twitter account

State Rep. Mike Hill has deleted his controversial Twitter account, @MikeHillFL. Hill had blocked several journalists, including Andy Marlette and me, from seeing his tweets,…

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Struggling district cuts millage

Parents have contacted Inweekly about the Escambia County School Board’s vote yesterday to cut the millage from 6.325 in 2018-2019, to 6.043 in 2019-2020. In…

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Opioid Crisis: Who sold most opioids in our area?

The Drug Enforcement Administration has a database that tracks every single pain pill sold in the United States — by manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies…

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