Ethan Van Sciver, a comics artist known for illustrating or drawing covers primarily for DC Comics, took to social media this past weekend to say PensaCon had revealed the convention, scheduled for…
Poll: People want Chappie James Bridge
A recent InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 488 likely voters of central and southern Escambia and Santa Rosa counties found want the new Pensacola Bay Bridge to have a new name. They also…
Fire Chiefs Saga: Wells and Larkin behind it
Since Inweekly broke the story about former Mayor Ashton Hayward settling the federal lawsuits filed by his former fire chief and deputy chief, the newspaper has repeatedly asked to interview new City…
OLF 8 Zoning Left to Master Developer
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly The Escambia County Commission decided to leave the zoning of the 640-acre Outlying Landing Field 8 in Beulah to the master planner. None of the five members on…
The Great Soccer Debate
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Valentine’s Day public gallery was awash with waves of red and green for the Pensacola City Council meeting, with opponents of a planned soccer complex off of…
Scenic Heights fought soccer fields in 2005–and won
Sharon Dickinson has lived on Hibiscus Road in the Scenic Heights for 35 years. She remembers how the neighborhood successfully fought soccer fields being built at Hitzman Park on Langley Avenue in…
Ever-evolving job titles of William ‘Rusty’ Wells
Rusty Wells has had four different jobs with the city of Pensacola over the past year. On Jan. 4 2015, Wells, who served as city attorney until April 2011, was hired as…
DeSantis wants grand jury probe of school safety
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — On the eve of the one-year anniversary of Florida’s deadliest school shooting, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel…
FDOT puts up $20 million for Project Titan
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson received the news from the Florida Department of Transportation that the city would receive an additional $20 million for Project Titan. “I am proud to announce City of…
Hayward beefed up Bowling’s severance package in August
According to records released yesterday by the City of Pensacola, former Mayor Ashton Hayward modified City Attorney Lysia Bowling’s employment agreement just three months before he left office. The document, entitled “City…
Smokable, legal pot on the way
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida –Patients could soon be allowed to smoke medical marijuana, but they’d have to purchase pre-rolled joints with filters, under a measure approved by a…
Ford Named to National AI Commission
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Dr. Ken Ford and 14 others were named to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and have two years to produce a report for the President and…
Bowling paid $91K to trade jobs
The buyouts of the holdovers from the Hayward administration has begun. Former City Attorney Lysia Bowling, who has worked for the city since April 2015, was paid $91,588.33 to give up her…
Presser Notes: ST, soccer and safer streets
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –After patching together must-have funding commitments for Project Triumph last week, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said the city’s hopes for the jobs-and-infrastructure project now rests with the state…
Chamber has a job opening
The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce is seeking a new President (Executive Director). The position was vacated when Clay Ingram accepted the Governor’s request that he lead Volunteer Florida. The President must…
Poll: Pensacola wants to know facts about investigation of fire chiefs
A InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 444 likely Pensacola City voters conducted over the weekend found residents overwhelmingly want Mayor Grover Robinson to investigate why former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire…
Ingram’s farewell message
From Greater Pensacola Chamber President Clay Ingram: Dear Friends, As you may already know, today marks the end of my time as the President of the Greater Pensacola Chamber. Last month, Governor…
$10 million and a spanking
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Triumph Gulf Coast members agreed to commit additional oil-spill funds toward Pensacola’s Project Titan on Friday. But they weren’t too happy about it. “We’ve been to the well…
BB&T and Suntrust to merge
BB&T and SunTrust have agreed to merge into a new and as-yet-unnamed bank, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $66 billion. The new bank, which would have its headquarters in Charlotte,…
County pitches in on Titan
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson secured an additional $5 million from Escambia County Thursday night for a jobs and infrastructure project at the airport. The commitment was needed as…