Press Release: Junior Achievement (JA) of Northwest Florida today announced its 2020 Hall of Fame Laureates are Dave & Mary Hoxeng and Lumon May. Jr. Achievement Laureates are selected on criteria including…
Collier County makes masks mandatory
After twice failing to pass a mandatory face mask order, the Collier County Board of County Commissioner passed it, by a 3-2 vote, during an emergency meeting this morning. Effective immediately, face…
Official statement on Escambia schools
Inside Scoop:Â Hours before the school board was scheduled to meet on Tuesday, July 21, Superintendent Thomas announced he would recommend the board delay the first day for students to Monday, Aug. 24….
Breaking news: Santa Rosa to delay school opening
Santa Rosa County School Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick has notified teachers and principals that he will delay the start of the school year and will provide a remote-learning option. He will give the…
Hospitals add 64 more COVID patients in a week
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has released the latest census of COVID patients in local hospitals. They have added 64 more patients – an increase of 35.6% since Monday, July 13. Monday…
COVID Update – Tuesday mid-day
Florida has 134 more COVID deaths, among them were four  deaths in Escambia (1), Okaloosa (1) and Santa Rosa (2). Escambia deaths in July total 18; June – 11; May – 25;…
Winn Dixie changes face mask position
Creative Loafing reports Winn Dixie will require face mask as of Monday, June 27. “The majority of our stores are under either a local or state government mandate, and given the continued…
Breaking news: ECAT driver dies of COVID
From the ATU 1395 that represents ECAT bus drivers: “It’s with sadness I must report that ATU Local 1395 has lost a member and our Union Brother to COVID-19. “39-year Union member…
Escambia School District leans into masks
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While it doesn’t look to be instituting a hard mandate regarding the use of face masks, the Escambia County School District may be heading towards a sort of…
Escambia fails to meet threshold to open schools, teachers sue
The New York Times reports: “Many are looking to a standard generally agreed upon among epidemiologists: To control community spread of the coronavirus, the average daily infection rate among those who are…
Gilley CARES Plan vs. Inweekly COVID-19 Ballsy Plan
In late March, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) act that gave counties funds to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most  Board of County Commissioners in…
Presser notes: Monuments and masks
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson now finds himself needing to caveat a recent decision by the Pensacola City Council to remove a Confederate monument from downtown. “There’s still a lot…
Dr. Lanza on schools re-opening
“I decided, let me just ask my 9-year-old granddaughter what she prefers…She said she would much rather be at school with teachers and friends.†by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Eyeing an August return…
County more like WD than Publix
The Florida Times-Union reports that Winn Dixie doesn’t require its employees to work face coverings and has no plans to mandate for its customers. “We strongly encourage state officials to lead the…
COVID deaths up three for Escambia
Escambia County had three COVID-19 deaths recorded for Sunday, July 19 – which brings the July total to 17 and 61 deaths year-to-date. The county’s death percentage matches the state percentage –…
Contact tracing woes
With the number of COVID-19 cases doubling in Escambia County since June 30, Dr. John Lanza, the soon-to-be retired director of the Department of Health office in Escambia County, is trying to…
Jail guards discourage COVID testing
Commissioners Steven Barry and Lumon May have asked County Administrator Janice Gilley to test all the inmates in the Escambia County Jail. As Friday, July 17, the jail had test 183 inmates…
Poll: Parents want to delay school openings
On Sunday, July 19, Inweekly had The Political Matrix poll 1,000 parents which children in Escambia County public schools. Â Nearly two-thirds of them are uncomfortable about Superintendent Malcolm Thomas opening the schools…
Compare FDOE reopening plan with Thomas’ plan
Today is the deadline for parents in Escambia to notify the school district whether their children will attend school, take classes online or will be enrolled in the Escambia Virtual Academy. For…
200+ COVID cases daily new norm for Escambia
Escambia County has 211 new cases, another death and a positivity rate of 14.2% on 1364 test results for July 17. On June 17, Escambia County only had 1,052 total COVID cases…