Homeless Summit set for Friday

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In an effort to address the needs of the local homeless community, the city of Pensacola and Escambia County will host…

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Criminal Justice Reform: Inmates find a pathway to turn around lives

By Duwayne Escobedo: Phillip Carrier became the newest former inmate to successfully complete the Pathways for Change court-ordered addiction treatment program.’ During the rigorous, 18-month…

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Panhandle Charitable Open Sets Record, over $210K

The Panhandle Charitable Open recently set a fundraising record during its 15th Anniversary event held at the end of September. All of the $210,000 net…

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Pensacola Mud Run returns

Getting dirty for a good cause: Competition will help addicts get clean Registration open for third annual Pensacola Mud Run, benefiting Pathways for Change The…

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Pathways for Change: reducing recidivism and saving tax dollars

A few weeks ago, we published a story on proposed changes to our criminal justice system – Florida’s Criminal Justice System. Since 1970, the number…

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Alleged murderer was on the county work release program. Commissioners need to investigate how this happened

The daily newspaper gave today the details from the arrest report on Justin Princes Taylor, Jr. who has been charged with the murder of the…

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Court bans religious rehab for prisoners

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in St. Louis ruled yesterday that a state-financed evangelical Christian program…

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