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