by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly State Senator Doug Broxson (R-Gulf Breeze), accompanied by a spokesman from the Florida Department of Transportation, invited local media to his downtown Pensacola office Thursday to discuss the…
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
August 22 marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into 2019 Black women have to work before their wages catch up to what white men earned last year. Black…
Escambia Santa Rosa get more liquor licenses, lottery in Oct.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco opened the entry period for the 2019 Quota Beverage License Drawing. The Division will accept quota license…
Florida to share voter registration info
Editor’s note: This is a big deal–and will make our voting registration more secure. From Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has agreed to allow Florida to join…
UWF Haas Center 5.0 announced
Pensacola, Fla. – August 21, 2019 – The University of West Florida announces the expansion of the UWF Haas Center in its mission to support communities with market research, workforce development and…
Dream Defenders call for firing of PPD officer
Dream Defenders has released the name of the Pensacola police officer who killed Tymar Crawford when the man got into an altercation with police after being stopped on July 5. The officer…
State of the City
Mayor Grover Robinson yesterday presented his first State of the City at luncheon sponsored by the Greater Pensacola Chamber. He highlight several areas growth over the past years, including residential and commercial…
Poll: Panhandle supports background checks
The latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll found Florida’s First Congressional District strongly supports universal background checks. With 81% support, this issue does not seem to be controversial. Do you support universal background checks…
District town hall Aug. 29
Sherri Myers, Pensacola City Council, District 2 is hosting a town hall meeting Thursday, Aug. 29, regarding Broadview Farms/Parker Circle neighborhoods. The meeting will be to discuss important issues like school safety,…
Buzz: WFH hires new president
Inweekly has heard that the former president of CHI St. Luke’s Health-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Gay Nord, has been hired as the new president of West Florida Hospital. Read more about…
Court documents provide details of alleged human trafficking in massage parlors
At 2 p.m. the U.S. Attorney for North Florida will present his case to keep David C. Williams detained. The Pensacola man, 41, has been charged with trafficking women from Asia and…
Doing the Super Majority Dance
On Thursday, Aug.15, the Escambia County School Board held another workshop to discuss the proposed policies for the appointed superintendent. At the top of the discussion was Section 5 of the policies…
Citizens discuss D5 appointment
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly BETHEL AME CHURCH— Ahead of the Pensacola City Council’s appointment of an individual to the District 5 seat following Councilman Gerald Wingate’s recent passing, a group of district…
Presser Notes: District 5, West Cervantes, Holley’s retirement, shooting witnesses sought and more
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After offering his condolences to the family of Pensacola City Councilman Gerald Wingate, Mayor Grover Robinson proceeded with a press conference Monday morning that included comments from both…
ACT tests lost
NorthEscambia.com has published story about how ACT tests taken by Florida and Alabama students at Escambia County High School in Atmore in June have been lost. At least one student may have…
Profound words from Dr. Dre’
When Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran last Friday traveled to Pensacola to speak to the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club, he brought with him the 2020 Florida Teacher of the Year, Dr. Dakeyan “Dre 
Mothers rally against gun violence
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Speaking out against gun violence and demanding “responsible†gun legislation, a group of about a hundred people gathered at the intersection of Palafox Place and Garden Street in…
PA AG offers more on Asian massage bust
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has offered more details on the arrest of David Williams and the massage parlors he ran in Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania. “The defendant allegedly used his businesses…
More on massage parlor raids
United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida, announced today that a federal arrest warrant was executed on a Pensacola business owner for using interstate facilities for purposes of…
Protecting the Beach and Commissioner Underhill
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly It was a passionate affair all the way around Thursday inside the chambers of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners. In addition to emotional pleas from advocates…