The 2023 kindergarten screenings show us where we need to focus on helping parents prepare their children for school. When School Superintendent Keith Leonard presents his “corridors of concern” to the Escambia…
Author: Rick Outzen
Daily Outtakes: More ready fo kindergarten
Yesterday, the Florida Department of Education released the Kindergarten Readiness scores for this past fall. Escambia County increased by 4.5%, with 49.5% of the incoming kindergarten students ready for school, up from…
Real News 2/22/24
The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee have approved HB 21 and SB 24, which would create a compensation program for those who were abused between…
Malcolm Yonge Gym update, Myers explains
We’ve heard from the Save Malcolm Yonge Gym group. Later today, they plan to file a motion for a bond amount to be set for them to proceed with a hearing on…
Getting Gen Z engaged and voting
A new Axios-Generation Lab poll found that 58% of voters between Gen Z and younger millennials aren’t sure if they’ll vote in November. Jayden D’Onofrio, the president of the Florida chapter of…
The Pensacola connection to Nazi network
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen,” Raw Story reporter Jordan Green discussed his four-month investigation into the 2119 Blood and Soil Crew, a nationwide network of teenage Nazis, and its connection…
Daily Outtakes: Judge denies hearing on gym
Circuit Court Judge Jennifer J. Frydrychowicz denied Jonathan Green’s request for a hearing in his request for an emergency temporary restraining order on the demolition of the Malcolm Yonge Gym so a…
Real News 2/21/22
Pensacola’s historic preservation planner, Adrianne Walker, previewed her Table Talk for the UWF Historic Trust on the Miraflores Burial Ground Study. Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola has been listed among the nation’s 50…
How Malcolm Yonge Gym went ‘wonky’
In 2020, the Pensacola City Council voted 7-0 to not repair the Malcolm Yonge Gym and relocate $715,000 to refurbish Magee Field. Councilwoman Ann Hill made the initial motion to shift the…
Malcolm Yonge legal updates
Mayor D.C. Reeves announced at his Tuesday presser that the city has hired Jack Zoesch of Beggs & Lane to handle motions made by Jonathan Green regarding the Malcolm Yonge Gym. The…
Baptist spends $10M on Nine Mile, not West Moreno
Baptist Health Care announced it has invested $10 million in a second combined emergency room and urgent care location at its Baptist Medical Park–Nine Mile, 9400 University Parkway. Last fall, the healthcare…
Raw Story reporter on WCOA tomorrow
Jordan Green will be my guest on WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” tomorrow at 7 a.m. The Raw News reporter linked the four Pensacola teenage boys arrested last August to a…