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The Studer Foundation will be providing scholarships for 80 Escambia and Santa Rosa students to go to the National Flight Academy this summer, but each…

We’ve received emails asserting the post regarding the arrests of a former Pensacola High student and Washington High student isn’t accurate. The post is based…

On Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott held a news conference announcing a plan to revamp state laws after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory…

Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas yesterday told WKRG that he has changed the school district’s notification policy regarding lockdowns. “We’ll let parents know we…

By Brooke Weber INWEEKLY A local Pensacola man, Shawn Enfinger, got to check something off his bucket list after he was an extra in the…

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday offered a $500 million proposal to address school safety, gun laws and mental-health issues after the mass shooting this month…

On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he supports “hardened schools” to avoid a repeat of incidents like the mass shootings at a Parkland, Fla. high…

Last night, Greater Pensacola Chamber announced its 58th annual PACE Award recipients. Each year, the PACE Awards are presented to outstanding individuals in the community…

By Dara Kam THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Little more than a week ago, some of the biggest problems students at Marjory Stoneman…

Parents took to Facebook to express their frustration with the lack of communication from School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the school district regarding the school…

After three years and over 600 shows, I have made the decision to close my run on “Pensacola Speaks.” I thoroughly enjoyed the interviews and…

By Dara Kam THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Metal detectors at schools, better coordination between agencies and keeping guns out of the hands…

A Washington High School student overheard a male classmate say that he was glad the police did not locate his gun during the lockdown. She…

The Pensacola Police Department released the arrest reports for Washington High student Malik Anthony Kameka, age 16, and a former Pensacola High student Trashawn Montreal…

Around noon yesterday, Inweekly began to receive phones calls and texts from parents concerned about lockdowns at Booker T. Washington High School and Workman Middle…

By Dara Kam THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Better integration of data, coordination of care and services and early screening and assessment were…

Booker T. Washington High, Holm Elementary and Workman Middle schools were all on lockdown between about noon and 1 p.m. The principals of Washington and…

While he believes the U.S. needs to develop better strategies to deal with the “sophisticated Russia malign influence campaign,” Congressman Matt Gaetz doesn’t believe the…

In 2016, Pensacola attorney Mike Papantonio introduced Nicholas “Deke” Deketomis in his bestselling thriller “Law and Disorder.” Deketomis is a trial lawyer that has built…

Gov. Rick Scott’s office on Monday said a series of meetings will be held Tuesday in Tallahassee to address school-safety and mental-health issues after a…