Escambia’s racial gap in vaccinations
According to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County has 22,326 Florida residents – 20,687 first doses, 1,639 completed the series…
NYT Covid Case Tracker: Escambia cases ‘extremely high’
NYT: “Cases are extremely high and have stayed about the same over the past two weeks. The numbers of hospitalized Covid patients and deaths in…
FDLE releases report on eavesdropping of county offices
Inweekly received the investigative report on the  bugging of a conference room adjacent to Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley’s office in the Ernie Lee Magaha…
Pensacola MSA: Where COVID-19 growing fastest in Florida
The website 247wallst.com has named Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent the city were the COVID-19 virus is growing the fastest in Florida. “In the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metropolitan area,…
Vaccination by the numbers
As of Wednesday, Jan. 20, 18,859 residents of Escambia County had been vaccinated, per the county’s dashboard. State researchers estimate the county’s population is 323,714 –…
Escambia County Public Schools Foundation offers virtual family workshops
The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation has partnered with the University of West Florida to offer six workshops to help parents support their student and…
Gaetz in or out of Congress
In his weekly Backroom Briefing, News Service of Florida reporter Jim Turner mentions how Congressman Matt Gaetz (Trumpican, Fort Walton Beach) might run for a…
City may buy back guns
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The City of Pensacola may be taking a direct approach to getting guns off the street: buying the weapons, no questions…
Newpoint CEO fights conviction
The largest charter scandal in the state happened under Supertintent Malcolm Thomas’ watch. Inweekly broke the story with the help of then-School Board member Jeff…
Escambia COVID: 21 more deaths
The Florida Department of Health today reported 21 more COVID deaths in Escambia County. The county is averaging five deaths a day.  Escambia has had 25,045…
State vaccine supply limited
Due to a shipment of vaccine not arriving as expected, the vaccinations scheduled for today and tomorrow at the Milton Community Center were canceled. Santa…
Fred Levin Tales
In the Jan. 21 issue, I shared a few of my favorite tales told by the late Fred Levin and his friends. Some on my…
CPAC prepares for ‘lively’ town halls
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly For months now, Pensacola’s Citizens Police Advisory Committee has discussed and debated the dynamics between law enforcement and the local community,…
Escambia Teachers Plea for Equity
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Stalled negotiations are rebooting today between the Escambia County School District and the teachers’ union. During a Tuesday evening meeting of…
Sutton passes away
Hall of Fame pitcher, baseball announcer and Tate High alumnus Don Sutton passed away in sleep Tuesday night. Don was a master storyteller, and I…
Milton makes history with Tiny Homes ordinance
A tiny homes ordinance recently adopted by the Milton City Council aims to provide affordable, creative housing options in the City of Milton. The ordinance,…
Living the Dream Pensacola goes virtual today
Despite a raging pandemic, a difficult hurricane recovery, and simmering political unrest, the Living the Dream Pensacola committee announced this week that the decade-long tradition…
Buzz: DeSantis cuts vaccines for Escambia – update
Sources have told Inweekly that Gov. Ron DeSantis has cut the next week’s vaccine shipment for Escambia County from 8,000 to 800. Update – Monday,…
County seeks to get CARES check to 2500 households
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners yesterday advised staff to reach out again to approximately 2,500 Family CARES Grant applicants who do not have…
School District embarks on the strategic planning process
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Officials with the Escambia County School District kicked-off its strategic planning process Thursday, which includes gathering both internal and external input…
