Top Reads: Week Ended July 19, 2025

We provided readers a variety of topics last week, covering the University of West Florida, Pensacola Police Department and County Clerk Pam Childer’s refusal to pay for high school juniors to attend the American Legion’s Boys State.

Daily Outtakes: RedBalloon, Tallahassee’s Pick for UWF Job Search

What caused Mayor Reeves and Chief Randall break-up?

Daily Outtakes: Childers blocks $500 for American Legion kids

Daily Outtakes: EPA Lab on Pensacola Beach may close

UWF President Diaz Outlines “Big Bold” Goals



INWEEKLY

July 17 2025 Cover

“You Should Be Able To Read Whatever You Want”

An Interview with Author George M. Johnson:  In the summer of 2023, literary and civil liberties organizations, along with the parents of students in the Escambia County School District, filed…

Winners & Losers 7/17/25

WINNER: CHANDRA MCKERN—The Pensacola Opera’s executive director celebrates her 10th anniversary at the helm of Northwest Florida’s only professional opera company affiliated with OPERA America. Since joining as managing director in 2015, McKern…

Outtakes—The Power of the People

The recent controversy over the proposed Galvez Landing boat launch expansion serves as a powerful reminder of why meaningful community engagement remains the cornerstone of local government. What began as a…

Elected vs. Appointed, Part 2

Rarely do people surrender power willingly, but that is precisely what three Escambia County School Board members opted for when they voted to place a referendum on the 2026 primary election…

Forever Learning

Pottery is her personality, and she’s cool with it. Working with clay is the one thing Erika Young does that allows her to exist in the present moment. When she’s in…


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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”