Breaking news: ECAT to be tested for COVID

The Florida Department of Health is setting up testing for ECAT employees for Thursday and Friday after an ECAT driver tested positive for COVID-19. ECAT…

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Percentage of positive cases continues to climb

Escambia County has 32 new COVID-19 cases – the most in the past seven days.  Of these cases, only one was tied to a nursing…

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Early peek at Inweekly: By You

This week’s issue will go online at 1 p.m. today. The print version will hit the stands tomorrow. Here is a pdf version of the…

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Cedric Alexander on oversight, bias and systematic racism (Part 1)

In this week’s Inweekly, Jeremy Morrison interviews Cedric Alexander, the retired law enforcement officer with a national reputation that is helping Mayor Grover Robinson develop…

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Searching out a savior for Escambia schools

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As the Escambia County School District searches for its next superintendent, transitioning from an elected to an appointed position, there’s a…

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Civil rights group has recommendations for Civilian Oversight Committee

From the Central Gulf Coast People’s Council: As organizers committed to seeing justice for Tymar Crawford and for all victims of police violence, we are…

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Simmons discusses Floyd’s death, protests, changes to policing

Chief Deputy Chip Simmons has the watched the video of the Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd. For him, the killing…

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Florida hits new record for new COVID cases, Escambia has 21 new ones

Escambia County has 21 new COVID-19 cases – all but five are non-Florida residents. Only one case was associated with local nursing homes. The percentage…

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BCC needs DOH update on COVID

The standard line from the White House,  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia DOH is the rise in positives cases of COVID-19 are due to…

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Lowe’s offers grants to minority-owned businesses

Lowe’s closes its first round of grant applications for $25 million in small business grants for minority-owned businesses on Wednesday. Lowe’s hopes its donation will…

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Court allows social media case against lawmaker

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against a state House…

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Commission asked to put Escambia Children’s Trust on ballot

For decades, Escambia County has wrestled with the impact of poverty on children. The county has been at or near the bottom of state lists…

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