While Escambia County continues to move toward 11,000 total COVID cases – 10K local residents, the positivity rate is staying in single digits. Â A backlog of test results (1,440) were entered and…
Females inmates continue to speak out
As a form of punishment, they are refusing to test us. Today I received another letter from female inmates in the Escambia County Corrections system, It was signed by 54 women: As…
Escambia CARES Act posted, sort of
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has finally posted her CARES Act plan on the county website–actually its PowerPoint presentation with several blanks and few specifics, but it’s a step towards transparency. The…
Escambia County reports seven more COVID deaths – Updated
The Florida Department of Health has been slow to release the county daily reports. Looking at the FDOH dashboard, Escambia County now has 178 COVID deaths – an increase of seven. Hospitalizations…
Rally for Childhood Cancer Researc
Across the world, September is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Rally Pensacola—an extension of Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research—is partnering with presenting sponsor, Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred…
Escambia County Jail: ‘COVID-Land’
Inweekly interviewed Jessica Gomez, who was released from the county jail recently. She said that conditions in the main jail were unsafe and “unable to be sanitized or cleaned, period, in order…
Supreme Court offers temporary fix for Florida Bar exam
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The state Supreme Court on Monday released a supervised-practice program for law school graduates who have been unable to take the Florida…
Presser Notes: Two Storms and COVID make three
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday he’d been keeping an eye on the storms in the gulf — tropical storms Marco and Laura — but that it appears…
Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act grants
Twelve counties with less than 500,000 residents received over $10 million in the first installment of the CARES Act, including Escambia County, $14.32 million. On Thursday, Aug. 20, the Escambia Board of…
Escambia COVID positive rate dips below 5%
FDOH reports Escambia County’s positivity rate has dipped below 5% for the first time since  June– reporting 36 cases out for 725 test results, 4.97%, for Sunday, Aug. 23. Since Aug. 10,…
Former interim county administrator passes
Larry Newsom, who held several leadership positions in Escambia County government, passed away this weekend. He had served as city manager of Flagler Beach since 2016 and been battling illness off and…
Has Escambia turned the COVID corner?
With students returning to schools in Escambia County, the Florida Department of Health reported the lowest positivity rate for the county since Sunday, June 21–5.3% on 618 test results. Escambia’s positivity…
Historic Coca-Cola plant sold
The former Coca-Cola bottling plant located at 1625 N. Palafox St., just north of downtown Pensacola, has a new owner. David Fetter and Bill Wunnenberg, owners of Industrial Energy Services, Inc. and…
School District finally holds meetings with military families
Last fall at the Pensacola chamber’s State of the Military luncheon, NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Captain Tim Kinsella made it clear that Escambia County’s public education system is one of the biggest…
Poll: Trump leads Biden, DeSantis in trouble
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix survey of 1,000 likely Florida voters, President Donald Trump had 11-point lead over former Vice President Joe Biden on the eve of the Democratic conventions. However, Gov….
Opioid couple pleaded guilty
Last November, U.S. marshals arrested a doctor and his wife living in Gulf Breeze on federal charges related to the illegal distribution of Oxycontin. Dr. David Lelio, a psychiatrist, had recently moved…
Charges dropped re: bridge protestor
Attorneys for Jason Uphaus, the Black Lives Matter protester who was nearly run over by an angry driver at the foot of the Chappie James Bridge, today announced that charges against him…
Buzz: Local Census office shutdowns due to COVID case
Inweekly has heard the local U.S. Census office closed down yesterday after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. Â One staffer told us, “We were given five minutes to clear out.” The deadline…
City posts backup materials for workshop set for next week
City of Pensacola posts today documentation related to the city council’s workshop scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 26. From: City Clerk’s Office RE: AGENDA – Pensacola City Council Workshop – 8/26/20 NOW AVAILABLE…
Eddins recommends new medical examiner
State Attorney Bill Eddins has recommended Dr. Deanne Oleske to the new chief medical examiner for the First District of Florida. She will meet with all four counties of the district to…