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Hello Pensacola! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Escambia leaders decided after clearing a library campaign-sign complaint.
  • Why did a Pensacola Beach trip end in a deadly shooting?
  • How a $1.1 million cut could reshape Escambia's financial watchdog.

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 78 and low of 71 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Some brightening, temps: high: 80, low: 67.
  • Thursday: Beautiful with some sun, with a high of 82 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Investigations Find No Wrongdoing in Campaign-Sign Incident Involving Former Library Director (newsradio923.com) — Pensacola-area residents are learning that two investigations found no policy or criminal violations in a campaign-sign complaint involving former West Florida Public Libraries director Christal Bell-Rivera and her husband, an Escambia County Sheriff's Office employee. At the same time, county commissioners are working to refill vacancies on the Library Board of Governance, clarify hiring rules, and restart meetings before choosing a new permanent library director.
   

• Gulf Breeze police seeking motive in fatal shooting at Bahama Bay condos (pnj.com) — A man was fatally shot early Sunday at the Bahama Bay Condominiums off Pensacola Beach Road, and Gulf Breeze police are still trying to determine what sparked the violence. Investigators say several people traveled from Pensacola Beach to the condos before the shooting, and the suspect now faces manslaughter and multiple related charges as detectives review surveillance footage.
   

• Pam Childers sues Escambia County over $1.1 million budget cut (pnj.com) — Escambia County Clerk and Comptroller Pam Childers has sued the county to restore a $1.1 million cut from her office, arguing commissioners are retaliating and threatening essential financial oversight. The case, handled by a Pensacola law firm, could affect how county funds are audited and how quickly residents' payroll, vendor payments, and other services are processed.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I'm sure everyone is sleeping but I think all the rain is messing with the plumbing or something because out of nowhere my apt smells.
    I'm on the top-4th floor. I ran hot water down all the drains. And vinegar n baking soda of what little I I had left but that smell is not going away… (Nextdoor Old Fairfield)
  • Does this sweet baby belong to anyone?
    He's hanging out in the Perdido Key Winn Dixie parking lot this morning. 10-4-26 Very friendly (Nextdoor Merlins Manor)
  • Ascension Health posted a job opening for Paramedic Pediatric ED in Pensacola. Apply here.
  • Spencer's posted a job opening for Senior Assistant Store Manager in Pensacola. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pensacola here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gulf Breeze

  • One dead and another in custody after early morning Gulf Breeze shooting (wkrg.com)
  • Florida Power & Light Pensacola Girls Athlete of the Week Sept. 28-Oct. 3 (pnj.com)
  • $2.8M Gulf Breeze estate that once hosted George H.W. Bush hits market (miamiherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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