City sets budget workshops
A draft of the Fiscal Year 2020 budget for the City of Pensacola is now available online, along with a Budget in Brief informational guide…
Billings: Wednesday, July 15
The Sarasota Herald Tribune opened the day with an article on Patrick cyberstalking his ex-wife and in-laws, “Suspect in slaying of Pensacola couple haunted Sarasota…
Billings: Tuesday, July 14
That morning Sheriff Morgan created a new stir about the involvement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency in the investigation. It…
Billings: Monday, July 13
At “The Tower,†the national media onslaught was in full swing. Media vans and satellite dishes filled the parking lot. The training room was fully…
Billings: Sunday, July 12
At Sunday noon, Sgt. Hoard interviewed Leonard Gonzalez again. The evidence was stacking up against him. The investigators knew that he had bought two cans…
Billings: Saturday, July 11
Saturday morning Hardy returned a call from James Hartsfield, who had seen on Saturday’s front page of the Pensacola News Journal the surveillance photo of…
Billings: Friday, July 10
The Pensacola News Journal reported Friday morning on its front page “a Beulah couple who adopted 12 children and owned several local businesses were found…
10th anniversary of the murders of Bud and Melanie Billings
On July 9, 2009, Bud and Melanie Billings were murdered in a home invasion. The crime attracted international attention as the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office…
65-hour online fundraiser begins today
Council on Aging of West Florida to again partner with Home Instead Senior Care to provide air conditioners and fans to vulnerable elder adults PENSACOLA,…
Presser notes: Police Shooting and Satanist Signage
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly During his weekly press conference Monday morning, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson addressed issues ranging from tragic to mundane to bizarre. In…
Outside firm ran troubled schools better than District
Based on the assessment scores, the Escambia County School Board may want to consider hiring an outside firm to run the entire school district Last…
Nearly impossible to get a ‘F’
Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told the PNJ that his schools’ grades will show a “dramatic improvement” over last year. He said, “It won’t…
Time Machine: Predictions for 2019 (from 10 years ago)
For our 10th anniversary issue, we had readers give us their predictions for 2019. How did they do? From June 25, 2009 issue: Locals weigh…
Time machine: 1999
Our first issue was published July 1, 1999. For our tenth anniversary, we had our intern Steven Gray –who’s now a famous photographer–work up a…
Ritchie and Galecki convicted in Nevada
On Wednesday, July 3, Burton Ritchie, former owner of The Psychedelic Shack, and Benjamin Galecki, former Pensacon CEO and Pensacola chamber board member, were convicted…
No Beach tolls this holiday weekend
Commissioner Robert Bender called to say there will be no tolls on the Bob Sikes Bridges this weekend – starting tonight at midnight through Sunday…
Morgan responds
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan called an “all hands†meeting this afternoon to respond to allegations made by woman who is serving a 25-year prison…
Thomas v. Triumph: ‘Honestly, I’d rather do it myself’
The PNJ today confirmed what we reported last week — Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has rejected a $2.3 million vocational grant from Triumph…
North Palafox diet begins next Monday
From Office of Mayor Grover Robinson: Construction on the North Palafox Street Road Diet Project will begin Monday, July 8, part of the City of Pensacola’s…
Presser Notes: Ollies, Lemonade and Cross Re-do
by Jeremy Morrison While the skatepark planned for downtown Pensacola is still at least a year away from becoming a reality, skateboarders will have something…
