Pensacola mandates masks
Effective Friday, 5 p.m. Mayor Grover Robinson has requiring all citizens “Mask up, Pensacola” when inside businesses within the city limits.
Breaking news: State stops on-premise alcohol sales
“Effective immediately, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is suspending on premises consumption of alcohol at bars statewide,” according to a tweet from Halsey…
UWF requires masks for campus visitors
UWF announces updated visitor guidelines during pandemic  Pensacola, Fla. – June 26, 2020 – The University of West Florida has established new guidelines and…
Gilley Games and SDS
Gilley Games On Tuesday, June 23, the Florida Department of Health reported Escambia County had 42 new COVID-19 cases with 8.3% positivity rate and Santa…
Breaking news: Tate High to no longer use Confederate flag on programs
A parent notified Inweekly that the school’s principal called and said they would discontinue the ‘five flags’ Confederate logo immediately, using a ‘T’ temporarily.
Commissioner Nikki Fried calls for Florida statewide mask order
Today, in response to skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, an independently-elected member of the Florida Cabinet, called on the Governor to issue…
Escambia blows past daily COVID record
Escambia County has 92 new COVID cases, surpassing the record set yesterday of 68. Of the new cases, 81 were Florida residents, two were tied…
Tate High named for Confederate veteran
Why would the Tate High principal use a logo with a Confederate flag? Its namesake was a Civil War veteran who would tell his students…
Greater Pensacola Chamber moves office to post office box
Greater Pensacola Chamber, which was founded in 1889, no longer has a brick-and-mortar office, at least temporarily. When it returns, the office will only have…
Confederate flag has resurgence in Panhandle
Walmart and NASCAR have banned the Confederate flag. The former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Escambia County Commission replaced the Confederate flag in the…
Escambia County keeps people in the dark on COVID
How safe are Pensacola Beach, downtown Pensacola, Cordova Mall and other parts of Escambia County? Transparency hasn’t been a priority for Escambia County Administrator Janice…
Poll: Voters like new monuments
In a recent poll by The Political Matrix of 848 Escambia County residents, we found that 55.7% would like a monument commission implemented to look…
