Author: Rick Outzen
Virtual School troubles
Florida Virtual School has put a pause on hiring and is taking other cautious financial measures amid a drop in full-time students completing courses over…
Daily Outtakes: Sacred Scores
The locally produced movie “Sacred” is now available on Amazon Prime. Check it out. Sacred is a Gritty new drama based on characters immersed in…
Last Word: Keith Bullock
Keith Bullock Inweekly, 2/21/2008 Husband of Susan, father of Jen & Aves, partner with SMB Architecture, community advocate. What is your greatest fear? At the…
Job fair for Warrington Preparatory Academy
Warrington Middle is now Warrington Preparatory Academy. The new operator, Charter Schools USA, will hold a job fair on Thursday, June 8, from 11 a.m….
Real News: June 7, 2023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida CEO Paula Shell talks the Big Brother and Big Sister honorees for 2023. Letter carriers in the two-county…
Florida Taxwatch names Budget Turkeys
Florida TaxWatch published its annual Budget Turkey Watch Report, laying out $598.7 million in projects that either were inserted into the budget late in negotiations…
Mediocre teacher wants to change Santa Rosa schools
Northview High teacher Vicky Baggett, who chairs the school’s Language Arts Department, has taken her book-banning message to Santa Rosa County. She told the Santa…
Daily Outtakes: Westside redevelopment
Buying Pensacola Motor Lodge The City’s Westside Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will consider a proposal to buy the Pensacola Motor Lodge on West Cervantes Street…
Last Word: Susan Watson
In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…
Real News: Mayors, plus Soul Royals
Mayor D.C. Reeves talked about changes in this leadership team – a nothing burger. “It seemed what took place last week was a little bit…
Hernando to vote on appointed v. elected super
From The News Service of Florida: Amid calls by some Republican lawmakers to remove the Hernando County superintendent of schools, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday…
Pensacola Beach: Another record broken
On WCOA this morning, Escambia County Commissioner Robert Bender reported that beach traffic hit a new milestone on Saturday, June 3 – 24,794 cars. Friday…
Daily Outtakes: Real Conversations
Perdido Beach Access – Some, Not All Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh reports that the only gulf-front parcels that have public beach easements in their…
Last Word: Pat Jackson
Pat Jackson Attorney, Chase Quinnell and Jackson, P.A. Inweekly, 7/28/2010 What is your chief characteristic? Humor What do you appreciate most about your friends? They…
Fred Waters Clinic returns
The Fred Waters Youth Baseball Clinic returns on Saturday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to noon at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Read more. The Fred Waters…
Beulah Town Hall tonight
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh will host a town hall tonight from 6-8 p.m. at Beulah Middle School, 6001 W. Nine Mile Road. The meeting will be…
Vote for Foo Foo Fest
The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival has once again been named a finalist in the category of “Best Cultural Festival” in the 2023Hemispheres’Readers’ Choice Awards. Readers…
LPR team reaches $1.2 billion settlement with Dupont
Levin Papantonio Rafferty’s years of fighting for clean water is paying off. A national settlement in the amount of $1.185 billion has been reached between…
Judge deals with ‘drag show’ legal fight
U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell prepares to hold a hearing Tuesday on a motion by operators of the Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary’s for a temporary…
Daily Outtakes: Wrong Spot?
Operation Brownville The law enforcement initiative to “clean-up” of a neighborhood shared by the City of Pensacola and Escambia County will end on Friday, June…
