On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen,” Raw Story reporter Jordan Green discussed his four-month investigation into the 2119 Blood and Soil Crew, a nationwide network of teenage Nazis, and its connection…
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Daily Outtakes: Matty and Blue Wahoos Score
Matthew Chestnutt Scores! Charities donated $3,000 to The Snoezelen Foundation at Escambia Westgate Center last week. “Matthew Chestnutt Scores!” has become synonymous with charitable contributions at our games, thanks to the unwavering…
Daily Outtakes: Unhappy Baptist workers and judges
According to the website Glassdoor.com, less than half of the Baptist Hospital employees who posted reviews said they would not recommend working at the hospital to a friend. Baptist received three stars…
Daily Outtakes: Kim Krupa interim?, Political Pressure Fails
Escambia Children’s Trust board will hold an emergency meeting today at 3:30 p.m. in the County Commission chamber. Please note place and time have changed since I first posted about the meeting….
FDLE drug bust nabs two Pensacola Sterlings
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Erik Gabriel Sterling, 39, and Martin James Sterling, 35, both of Pensacola, on one count each of trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol (over 10 kilograms), an…
Monday podcasts: Stolen texts, Skanska, Catt Sirten
Yesterday, we covered Bergosh’s stolen texts, holding Skanska accountable and remember Mobile, Ala. DJ Catt Sirten…among other things. Inside Job: Stolen Texts Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses the FBI investigation…
More Nazi vandalism
From the Pensacola Liberation Center: Within the last two weeks, two local Jewish centers have been vandalized, their windows smashed with swastika-covered bricks. Now, the Pensacola Liberation Center has also been outrageously…
DeSantis counters Moody’s opioid message
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis celebrates one year of helping Floridians break the cycle of addiction through the Coordinated Opioid Recovery Network (CORE). As the first comprehensive solution to addiction care in the…
Daily Outtakes: We’re #1
Pensacola Medical Examiner District has the state’s highest per capita opioid death rate. The district includes Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties. To warn Floridians in the four-county district, Attorney General…
Presser notes: Three takeaways
1. Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves this morning opened his weekly presser with Police Chief Eric Randell addressing the recent shootings and the wave of antisemitic vandalism. I asked Chief Randall about the…
War on Escambia County gangs, circa 2007, 2009
In October 2007, Sheriff Ron McNesby refused say to Escambia County had a gang problem. We quibbled over whether the local groups – Ast.-N-Jackson, Haynes Street Gang, the Montclair Boyz, the Shanty…
Daily Outtakes: ‘Sense of Urgency and Fear’
On my radio show yesterday, Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May confirmed that he had heard many of the same rumors of a gang war brewing. He admitted that he is concerned for…