Posted in Education

School board wants superintendent that’s nearly impossible to fire

The Escambia County School Board discussed the proposed policies regarding its appointed superintendent at a workshop on August 1. Voters last year passed a referendum…

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Posted in Education

Campus Security Officers down to nine

Last week, Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told WEAR TV that the district had 18 people being trained as campus safety officers. Today, only nine…

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Posted in Education Escambia County

District missed 2018-19 performance goals

On Nov. 13, 2018, the Escambia County School Board approved the district’s Strategic Plan 2018-2019 that set a goal that the district would increase the…

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Posted in Crime Florida

FWC catches oyster thieves

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigators charged four individuals after an investigation involving the theft of thousands of oysters from Pensacola Bay Oyster…

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Posted in Business

ST Engineering hiring

CareerSource Escarosa will partner with ST Engineering to host a hiring event on Thursday, August 15, from 9 am to 12 pm at CareerSource Escarosa,…

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Posted in Caring News

Night Out at Legion Field

The Pensacola Police Department and Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, along with Escambia County Fire Rescue, Escambia County EMS, Community Drug & Alcohol Council Inc, City of…

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Posted in Crime Escambia County Guns

Interview: Morgan has focused on gangs and guns since taking office

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan yesterday told the media that he doesn’t see the need for special regional task force on gun-related crimes, which Mayor…

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Posted in Crime Federal Politics

U.S. attorney goes after corrupt officials

The News Services of Florida reports that suspended Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox admitted guilt Tuesday to three fraud charges in a “pay-to-play” bribery probe….

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Posted in Politics

Poll: Biden still leads Democratic field in Florida

Joe Biden still leads the Democratic presidential field among Florida Democrats after last week’s debates, according to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll. Biden leads with…

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Posted in Crime Escambia County Guns Pensacola

Same number of July gun incidents in 2012 and 2019

Inweekly reviewed the West Florida Regional Library’s newspaper archives and found the July 2012 and July 2019 had the same number of gun incidents reported…

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Posted in Crime Escambia County Guns News

Sheriffs not interested in gun task force

Both Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan and Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson have told the PNJ that they won’t participate in the joint federal-city task force to…

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Posted in Crime Escambia County Pensacola

Timeline: County had a Gun Crime Response Team in 2012

The last time Escambia County had a multi-agency task force targeting gun-related crimes was seven years ago. Sheriff David Morgan announced the “crime response team”…

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