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Sherri Myers, Pensacola City Council, District 2 is hosting a town hall meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 regarding Carpenter’s Creek.  The meeting will provide…

FavorHouse of Northwest Florida is hosting a fundraiser, “Love at First Bite,” 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 at V Paul’s Italian Ristorante, 29 South Palafox. FavorHouse…

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Much of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s time as of late has been devoted to securing funds for the jobs-related infrastructure project…

Sources in Tallahassee have reported to Inweekly that former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has declined the appointment to the Triumph Gulf Coast Board of Directors,…

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly —Patty Hightower spoke to the public for the first time about hiring an appointed superintendent for the Escambia County school system….

The plan to place Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover on administrative leave, hire attorney Russell Van Sickle to investigate…

Over the past year, parents have talked about getting calls from their frightened children when Workman Middle School has gone under a lockdown. According to…

When Ashton Hayward campaigned for Pensacola mayor in 2010, he talked a great deal about taking on the establishment and the “good old boys.” One…

In 2005, then-Battalion Chief Joseph Glover and Lts. Jose Cobb, Paul Johnson and Derek Streeter filed a federal discrimination lawsuit suit against the City of…

The investigation of former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief that led to their terminations, subsequent lawsuits and the city’s insurance carrier paying…

When I interviewed Joe Glover for “Fire Chiefs ‘Vindicated,’” he talked about the toll the investigation and termination took on his family. “It was extremely…

Our story Fire Chiefs “Vindicated’ is online and in our news stands. Here are the key points: 1. Big money Though the settlements have no…