Miami-Dade considers Police Oversight panel
The Miami Herald reports a proposal to revive a civilian oversight panel for the Miami-Dade police department passed an initial vote on Tuesday. The proposal…
FloridaWest: Remote from Here
FloridaWest, Escambia County’s economic development authority, sees opportunity as the nation deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have found that they can do their jobs…
Breaking news: ECAT to be tested for COVID
The Florida Department of Health is setting up testing for ECAT employees for Thursday and Friday after an ECAT driver tested positive for COVID-19. ECAT…
Percentage of positive cases continues to climb
Escambia County has 32 new COVID-19 cases – the most in the past seven days. Â Of these cases, only one was tied to a nursing…
Early peek at Inweekly: By You
This week’s issue will go online at 1 p.m. today. The print version will hit the stands tomorrow. Here is a pdf version of the…
Cedric Alexander on oversight, bias and systematic racism (Part 1)
In this week’s Inweekly, Jeremy Morrison interviews Cedric Alexander, the retired law enforcement officer with a national reputation that is helping Mayor Grover Robinson develop…
Searching out a savior for Escambia schools
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As the Escambia County School District searches for its next superintendent, transitioning from an elected to an appointed position, there’s a…
Civil rights group has recommendations for Civilian Oversight Committee
From the Central Gulf Coast People’s Council: As organizers committed to seeing justice for Tymar Crawford and for all victims of police violence, we are…
Simmons discusses Floyd’s death, protests, changes to policing
Chief Deputy Chip Simmons has the watched the video of the Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd. For him, the killing…
Florida hits new record for new COVID cases, Escambia has 21 new ones
Escambia County has 21 new COVID-19 cases – all but five are non-Florida residents. Only one case was associated with local nursing homes. The percentage…
BCC needs DOH update on COVID
The standard line from the White House, Â Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia DOH is the rise in positives cases of COVID-19 are due to…
Lowe’s offers grants to minority-owned businesses
Lowe’s closes its first round of grant applications for $25 million in small business grants for minority-owned businesses on Wednesday. Lowe’s hopes its donation will…
Court allows social media case against lawmaker
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against a state House…
Commission asked to put Escambia Children’s Trust on ballot
For decades, Escambia County has wrestled with the impact of poverty on children. The county has been at or near the bottom of state lists…
Presser Notes: the Citizen Committee, a Confederate Monument and COVID-19
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Weeks into its phased reopening, Florida’s experiencing an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Nearly a year after the police shooting of Tymar…
COVID cases continue to rise – FL 1,758 more, Escambia 14
The state has 1,758 new cases of COVID-19, Escambia 14. Only one of the new cases in the county is associated with local nursing homes,…
Interior Secretary to visit Ft. Pickens
WASHINGTON – Wednesday, June 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt will visit the Fort Pickens Area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore…
COVID cases up, but not on BCC agenda
Florida and Escambia County have seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases over the past three days. The state has reported 6,499 new cases and 83…
Micro-grant program for black-owned small businesses
The Spring Entrepreneur Hub is launching its Black-Owned Small Business Micro-grant Program that provide grants to eligible black-owned small businesses in Escambia County. Each micro-grant…
School bond ratings revised to ‘negative’ outlook
Fitch Ratings is concerned about the future of the Escambia County School District’s finances because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We can expect other municipal bond…
