©2024 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The 2024 legislative session ended Friday with an annual hanky-drop ceremony in the rotunda between the House and Senate chambers. Here are snapshots of…
Author: Rick Outzen
More college sports coming to Pensacola
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning, I had Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer and Blue Wahoos Senior Writer Bill Vilona. Palmer announced that SEC women’s soccer will return to…
Pensacola EggFest gives $131,000 to local charities
Pensacola EggFest donated a record amount to local charities this past week after seeing massive participation in 2023. A record $131,000 was distributed to local charities because of the November EggFest event…
Daily Outtakes: What bills died in Tally
Florida Politics has listed 25 bills that died in the 2024 session, which ends today. “Some center on hot-button issues sure to attract ample attention and at least a few hearings. Others…
Real News 3/7/24
Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare discusses how the city has lost community centers with gyms over the past decade. He would like to see more in the city’s master plan. Studer Community…
Plenty of baseball at Blue Wahoo Stadium, starting today
From Bill Vilona: Four weeks from Friday, the official start of the Blue Wahoos season happens. But we’ve got a lot going on at the ballpark before Opening Day of the Southern…
Sun Belt and NAIA Buzz
App State, ULM, Southern Miss, and Louisiana all earned victories on Wednesday at the Pensacola Bay Center to punch their tickets to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt…
The Malcolm Yonge Demolition Debate
The Malcolm Yonge Gym has been demolished. The citizens who tried to get a citywide referendum on the demolition have not given up their fight. Teresa Hill and Jonathan Green discussed the…
Daily Outtakes: Malcolm Yonge gone, what’s next
As I reported, the Malcolm Yonge Gym demolition had started…and was mostly completed yesterday. I took this photo at 6 am today: Getting Up to Speed: Last spring, the City of Pensacola…
Real News – 3/6/24
Coastal Carolina and Texas State collected victories in first-round action at the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship on Tuesday evening at the Pensacola Bay Center. In the women’s tournament,…
UWF joins Culture of Respect Collective
The University of West Florida has joined the eighth cohort of NASPA’s Culture of Respect Collective. The two-year program guides colleges and universities that have committed to ending sexual violence through an…
Breaking: Pensacola lands NAIA Soccer National Championship
NAIA to crown Women’s Soccer Champions at new home KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that it has selected Pensacola, Fla., and Ashton Brosnaham Athletic…