Posted in Pensacola

Presser notes: Police Shooting and Satanist Signage

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly During his weekly press conference Monday morning, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson addressed issues ranging from tragic to mundane to bizarre. In…

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Posted in Education Politics

Outside firm ran troubled schools better than District

Based on the assessment scores, the Escambia County School Board may want to consider hiring an outside firm to run the entire school district Last…

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Nearly impossible to get a ‘F’

Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told the PNJ that his schools’ grades will show a “dramatic improvement” over last year. He said, “It won’t…

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Posted in Politics

Time Machine: Predictions for 2019 (from 10 years ago)

For our 10th anniversary issue, we had readers give us their predictions for 2019. How did they do? From June 25, 2009 issue: Locals weigh…

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Posted in News

Time machine: 1999

Our first issue was published July 1, 1999. For our tenth anniversary, we had our intern Steven Gray –who’s now a famous photographer–work up a…

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Posted in Crime News

Ritchie and Galecki convicted in Nevada

On Wednesday, July 3, Burton Ritchie, former owner of The Psychedelic Shack, and Benjamin Galecki, former Pensacon CEO and Pensacola chamber board member, were convicted…

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Posted in Politics

No Beach tolls this holiday weekend

Commissioner Robert Bender called to say there will be no tolls on the Bob Sikes Bridges this weekend – starting tonight at midnight through Sunday…

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Posted in Escambia County

Morgan responds

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan called an “all hands” meeting this afternoon to respond to allegations made by woman who is serving a 25-year prison…

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Posted in Education

Thomas v. Triumph: ‘Honestly, I’d rather do it myself’

The PNJ today confirmed what we reported last week — Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has rejected a $2.3 million vocational grant from Triumph…

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Posted in Pensacola

North Palafox diet begins next Monday

From Office of Mayor Grover Robinson: Construction on the North Palafox Street Road Diet Project will begin Monday, July 8, part of the City of Pensacola’s…

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Presser Notes: Ollies, Lemonade and Cross Re-do

by Jeremy Morrison While the skatepark planned for downtown Pensacola is still at least a year away from becoming a reality, skateboarders will have something…

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Posted in Education

Crisis: Math scores tragic

The middle school math scores are tragic with only one eighth class above the state average (46%)–the magnet school Brown Barge (66%). The other eight…

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