On “Pensacola Speaks,” I will open the show with Jacob Hebert, UWF student body president, who was recently elected chair of the Florida Students Association. In the second half, I will discuss…
WSRE documentary on those who lost fathers during Vietnam War, airs June 19
Some 20,000 American boys and girls lost their fathers during the Vietnam War. In a new documentary film produced by WSRE, several of these Gold Star children, now adult men and women,…
Studers set to construct another office building, est. cost $14.3 million
The Pensacola News Journal reports that Quint and Rishy Studer are building another office building in downtown Pensacola. They are submitting designs to the city’s Architectural Review Board today for a 57,000…
Florida Supreme Court ready to wade into major cases
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA For legal junkies, the Florida Supreme Court will be the best show in town during a three-day period in June. Justices are poised to…
City Hall changes job description of Pensacola Fire Chief before investigation completed
Inweekly has discovered the job description for the Pensacola Fire Chief was changed on March 14, six weeks before Beggs & Lane attorney Russell Van Sickle completed his investigation of Fire Chief…
Podcast: Robinson on ‘Leave No Trace Behind’
Commissioner Grover Robinson says the “Leave Trace Behind†ordinance that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed last year was created as a turtle protection ordinance, not for clean up after events…
Pensacola Speaks: David Jolly, Steve Specht
My first guest will be Congressman David Jolly, who will discuss how the VA has wrongly declared over 4,200 veterans dead since 2012. In the second half, I will talk with Democratic…
Pensacola Little Theatre announces 2016-2017 season
Pensacola Little Theatre has announced its 80th season and will feature 11 performances that cover a range of stories, from cult classics and Broadway blockbusters, to literary and holiday favorites. Since 1936,…
NFL players to play Gulf Coast Celebrity Classic and raise awareness and funds for ALS, May 28
The first annual Gulf Coast Celebrity Golf Classic, hosted by Gulf Coast Aerospace Partners, will be held on Saturday, May 28 with a shotgun start at noon, dinner, prizes and a program…
VA has wrongly declared more than 4,200 veterans dead between 2011-15
The Department of Veterans Affairs has acknowledged to U.S. Rep. David Jolly (FL-13) that it wrongly declared more than 4,200 people dead between 2011 and 2015, disrupting benefits to veterans and dependents….
ECAT offers free Beach Trolley for the Summer
Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) representatives announced the system’s Beach Trolley service will launch on Friday, May 27. Beach trolley service is free and runs Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend….
Bare says May 26 Special Meeting is still on
Pensacola City Council President Charles Bare says the May 26 Special Council Meeting will take place as planned, despite pressure from Mayor Ashton Hayward and his chief financial officer to cancel the…
Fans pick logo for Bubba Watson’s candy store
After a three-week voting period, the logo for Bubba’s Sweet Spot has been picked by the Pensacola community. The community was able to cast votes at The Bodacious Family of Shops and…
UWF student body president elected chair of the Florida Student Association
The Florida Student Association, a board made up of the 12 Student Body Presidents from Florida’s state universities, met on Saturday, May 21, 2016 to elect a chair for the 2016-2017 academic…
Podcast: Hiring Our Heroes job expo set for Thursday, May 26
I interviewed yesterday Jack Norton with the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes, which is hosting a job fair on Thursday, May 26 at Pensacola State College. Here are the details and…
Pensacola sailor to be inducted into Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory Program
More than 300 Vietnam veterans, including Robert John Castor of Pensacola, will be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) In Memory Program in 2016. The program honors Vietnam veterans whose lives were…
City of Pensacola CFO warns Council about special meeting on fire chiefs
Dick Barker, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Pensacola, yesterday sent a memo to City Administrator Eric Olson warning that any public discussion of Mayor Ashton Hayward’s investigation and termination of…
UWF physics students honored
The University of West Florida Department of Physics celebrated two major accomplishments at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Seven UWF students traveled to present at the American Physical Society’s March…
City of Pensacola drops ball on job evaluations
The city of Pensacola has not done a written job performance evaluation of its administrative staff in four years, according to records obtained by Inweekly. The most recent evaluation of a department…
Pensacola Speaks: Criminal Justice Reform, Hiring Our Heroes
On News Talk 1370 WCOA, first guest today will be Joe Follick, Director of Communications and External Relations for Florida TaxWatch. We will discuss his latest report that proposes solutions on how…