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 Bergosh, who now serves as the the…
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 cases among Florida residents – 7.86 per…
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 Rosa County and the Department of Health…
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 favorites involved boxing. Fred told me that…
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, looking towards providing Mayor Grover Robinson with…
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 the Escambia County School Board, teachers pressed…
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 had the pleasure to get to know…
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, the first of its kind in Northwest…
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 of honoring local heroes and spotlighting causes…
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, 8 a.m. – the vaccines have been…
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 complete information on their application. These are…
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 to shape the district’s vision and mission…
County hospitalizations hit record high
The Escambia County COVID-19 Dashboard reports the county has 291 hospitalizations – a new daily record. The dashboard reports the most recent weekly positivity rate is 19%. Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced…
Grover’s Midweek Q&A: COVID, the bridge & the homeless
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson addressed a collection of items Wednesday during his Facebook Live Q&A session, among them the ongoing repairs to the bay bridge and funding for…
Preview: Escambia’s RESTORE Rundown
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will be getting a rundown of some of the county’s environmental restoration efforts during this week’s Committee of the Whole meeting…
Huntsville lands Space Force HQ
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Space Force’s permanent command headquarters will touch down in Alabama’s Huntsville Redstone Arsenal area rather than Florida’s Space Coast. U.S. Air…
West Cervantes work to begin
The Florida Department of Transportation will begin a $7 million construction project this month to improve pedestrian safety along a 2.2-mile section of West Cervantes Street, from Dominguez Street to A Street…
Fred Levin: Legal Lion passes
Fred Levin passed yesterday. I didn’t rush to post something about his death because I had to deal with my emotions of a Pensacola without a man who had been an icon…
12 more Escambia residents did not recover from COVID
According to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County has 12 more deaths due to COVID–54 for January, 426 since early March 2020. After only 11 days, January…
PPD Chief Search: ‘The World Is Becoming More Complicated’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is entering into a search for a new chief of police. The city has hired a consultant, and community input is being sought, with…