Soul Bowl this weekend

Celebrating it’s fifth year, two inner-city youth sports leagues are taking to the field in the yearly football shootout for bragging rights, unity and friendly…

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Escambia County Commissioners reject counter proposal on gas tax

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners did not approve the revised interlocal agreement on the local option gas tax that the Pensacola City Council approved…

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Brownsville Community Center full of possibilities

The Brownsville Community Center could become a focal point in the ongoing renaissance of the poorest area in Pensacola that once upon a time was…

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Escambia Commissioner reaches out to EPA about Wedgewood

Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May plans to meet with federal Environmental Protection Agency officials during his trip to Washington, D.C., later this month to seek…

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Florida Manufacturing Month

Press release: In honor of National Manufacturing Month, Florida West and Ascend Performance Materials hosted a VIP breakfast to honor this industry within our local…

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County Commissioners reach out to their constituents

Commissioner Lumon May yesterday hosted a Unity in the Community day in the Montclair neighborhood at Westernmark Park. See PNJ gallery. On Monday Aug. 17,…

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Barry, May and Williamson get certifications

The Florida Association of Counties (FAC) presented County Commissioners Steven Barry, Lumon May of Escambia County and Jayer Williamson of Santa Rosa County the Certified…

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PS podcasts: Lumon May on new county jail and SYSA

On Pensacola Speaks on News Talk 1370 WCOA, Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May talked Friday afternoon about the new county jail and his work in…

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PS today: Charlotte’s Web, City Council and New Jail

The slate of interviews on today’s Pensacola Speaks includes Tallahassee insider Ryan Wiggins on Charlotte’s Web, Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare on the surprises at…

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Pensacola Speaks: Hovind guilty, find out how it went down

On Pensacola Speaks today, I will interview Chris Klotz, who represented Dr. Kent Hovind’s co-defendent Paul John Hansen. This morning, the jury in the federal…

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By 3-2 vote, Spanish, British, French and Confederate flags brought back to Pensacola Bay Center

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted, 3-2, to allow the five historical flags approved by the Pensacola City Council to be flown over all…

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NAACP offers ‘compromise’ on Confederate flag issue

The Pensacola branch of the NAACP has sent a letter to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners titled: “Economic Development Committee Flag Response and Proposed…

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