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Downtown Pensacola lost O’Riley Irish Pub owner and Downtown Improvement Board member Patti Sonnen, who died suddenly last week. The DIB sent out this announcement…

Eric Stevenson Inweekly, 9/14/2006 Eric Stevenson is a former Assistant State Attorney. He has been practicing law for eight years. For the last four years,…

Madrina Ciano previews the Festival of Speed, which is from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, at the Five Flags Speedway. The event is…

Hundreds have been displaced due to flooding. Community Health Northwest Florida is collecting items to help those living in shelters. What this matters: Forest Creek…

The Spearman Brewing Company was Pensacola’s first brewery. It opened on May 18, 1935, shortly after the end of prohibition, and was popular among local…

Polling Nightmares Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign has yet to impact the polls according to the latest summary by Florida Politics. The new Harvard-Harris Poll shows…

Brian Tucker Co-owner, Wade Scott Salon & Spa Inweekly, 4/22/2010 What is your chief characteristic? Being “Cool Sunshine” What do you appreciate most about your…

Vetoes Gov. Ron DeSantis’ line-item veto list was released late Thursday afternoon. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties survived the process well. Howeve, Gov. DeSantis did…

In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…

Everyone wants to know why Donald Trump didn’t just hand over the documents. I didn’t ask a political pundit for the answer. No, I asked…

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which will start July 1. Lawmakers passed a $117 billion spending plan…