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 competition, the 2016 Blue Wahoos Soul Bowl…
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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 last week. The BCC last week approved…
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 among the most prosperous as the main…
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 help in cleaning up and closing the…
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 economy. The special breakfast and tour as…
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, Commissioner Doug Underhill held a town hall…
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 County Commissioner (CCC) designations, following their completion…
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 with Southern Youth Sports Association. Pensacola Speaks…
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 last night’s council meeting, and Commissioner Lumon…
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 trial found Hovind guilty on one of…
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 county buildings. Commission Grover Robinson, who sponsored…
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 Compromise Solution.” While citing how divisive the…