Author: Rick Outzen

On “Real News,” we often talk about Sena Maddison’s great-uncle, a WWII pilot killed on a bombing mission. This article was first published in Inweekly…

When the 2023 high school graduation class started high school in 2019, the ninth grade had 3,215 students. Four years later, the 12th grade had…

On Monday, the Florida Department of Education announced that the state’s 2022–23 high school graduation rate climbed to 88%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points…

Community Health Northwest Florida’s Chandra Smiley, Dr. Darrell Miller and Sena Maddison discuss the Point-in-Time Count, 340B, and the clinic’s new foundation. Florida Power &…

It’s hard to believe that anyone would consider this an accomplishment, but we did receive this press release. How hard was it to come up…

There’s plenty of buzz about who will be Escambia County’s Supervisor of Elections. The names getting the most talk are former mayor Grover Robinson and…

District 4 County Commissioner Robert Bender recaps the Jan. 23 Board of County Commissioners meeting. How did the discussion of Owens’ legal bills play out?…

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has joined forces with Valerie’s House to foster hope and renewed dreams for girls and young women at Pace…

Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Barber, Santa Rosa School Board Members, and members of the Santa Rosa Education Foundation announced Christal Bennett as…

On “Real News” yesterday, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves reiterated that the red light camera initiative is a pilot program. “As we’ve said from the beginning,…

According to the American Lung Association’s 22nd annual “State of Tobacco Control” report, released today, Alabama continues to lag behind the rest of the country…

Open Books’ Scott Satterwhite discusses the successful Grownups Book Fair at Odd Colony. The 2nd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Event on January 24, 2024, from 5-7…

It’s primary day in New Hampshire, usually a banner day for the granite state, but today … well … not so much. ABC News’ Steven…

The campaign treasurer for State Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Cantonment, received a letter on Jan. 4 from the office of Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd…

State Rep. Alex Andrade discusses HB 109, which concerns cities converting public schools to charters. He also examines an amendment that would force shrinking school…

Tomorrow morning, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will discuss former District 2 aide Jonathan Owens’ request for the taxpayers to pay for his…

The New Hampshire Primary is tomorrow. ABC News’ Steven Portnoy was on the ground in the state and shares his observations. The Lincoln Project’s chief…

Rep. Michelle Salzman’s bill (HB 57) to limit the terms of county commissioners passed its first hurdle last week after the lawmaker amended it to…

If the Century Town Council was counting on the Escambia Children’s Trust to help the Urban Development Center pay back its loan ($41K), it’s not…

From The News Service of Florida: The Florida House on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would allow courts to require that parents who share…