Author: Rick Outzen
Buzz: City admin leaves no big deal
WEAR-TV and PNJ are trying to make a big deal of City Neighborhoods administrator Lawrence Powell and Parks & Rec director Adrian Stills going on…
Last Word: Ed Banacia
Edwin Banacia Senior Director, Media, Ideaworks USA Inweekly, 8/19/2010 What is your chief characteristic? Googleability What do you appreciate most about your friends? Friends? I…
Big of the Year: Kenon Beasley
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida is proud to announce Kenon Beasley as the recipient of the 2023 Big Brother of the Year award…
Pot amendment gets signatures
From The News Service of Florida: Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have surpassed a required number of…
Daily Outtakes: Tough walks, even tougher talks
Filthy School I toured Warrington Middle School yesterday with Charter Schools USA Florida superintendent Dr. Eddie Ruiz and Ana Cordal, Charter USA’s vice president of…
Last Word: Laura McKay
Laura McKay Inweekly, 12/9/2007 The 1620 AM NewsRadio afternoon news anchor has more than 20 years experience in radio and TV broadcasting. She recently worked…
Lexington Terrace Park options
Escambia County District 2 Commissioner Mike Kohler and Parks and Recreation will hold a public meeting Wednesday, June 7 at 4 p.m. at Lexington Terrace…
Charter Schools USA interview
On WCOA this morning, Dr. Eddie Ruiz, Charter Schools USA’s Florida state superintendent, discussed his expectations for Warrington Middle School. Why take on the challenge…
School rules teed up
The Florida Department of Education is slated on Friday, June 9 to hold a series of online rule-development workshops that would help implement the new…
Tim Smith gone, Malcolm Thomas back
The day Keith Leonard takes over as interim school superintendent, Malcolm Thomas reappears. This email has been sent out: URGENT: Escambia School District Prayer &…
Daily Outtakes: Major Milestone Hit
Kudos to Gupta & IRIS Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS), the Pensacola-based leader in retinal screening technology, announced a significant milestone with the achievement of…
Last Word: Leroy Boyd
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: Let’s talk secession
If quality of place is critical to Pensacola’s future, it’s time for the city to secede from the Escambia County School District and create its…
It Happened Here: Fiesta of Five Flags
With Fiesta starting today with the Surrender of the City, I thought it would be fun to reprint this column from 12 years ago. There…
Visit Florida has a plan
Armed with an $80 million budget -a $30 million jump over the current budget, Visit Florida staff members have crafted a tourism-marketing plan intended to…
Daily Outtakes: For the sake of the children
Assistant Superintendent Keith Leonard will serve as interim superintendent for Escambia County Public Schools through June 30, 2024. The board unanimously voted to put him…
Last Word: Scott Remington
Scott Remington Partner at Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse Inweekly, 3/19/2008 What is your greatest fear? Public Restrooms What is the trait you…
Real News: CoC and Miraflores
City Councilwoman Allison Patton has been one of the point people for the city’s efforts to deal with homelessness. Inweekly asked her what did you…
Take Stock hands out $287K, laptops
Take Stock in Children and the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation awarded $287,000 in scholarships to 21 graduating seniors who also received a laptop computer….
Healthcare for those struggling
The Federal Reserve recently released its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022, which found that slightly more than one out of four Americans went…
