Author: Rick Outzen
Escambia Democrats fight banning books
Escambia Democratic Party Statement on the Escambia County School Board’s Decision to Remove Books. The Escambia Democratic Party is outraged with the decision on Monday,…
Top Podcasts for February
The variety of podcasts we create has been noticed. 1. FlashPoint Live and Mr Pillow were in Pensacola pushing Christian nationalism last week. The Lincoln…
Real News: Friday, Feb. 24, 2023
Walker Wilson questions the fairness of hold another referendum on the school superintendent during the presidential primary. The University of West Florida sophomore will appear…
Celestine and her family
The cover story in the Feb. 23 edition of Inweekly features Celestine Elizabeth Tolliver Harrison, her family and the bed and breakfast named in her…
Breaking: School Board to vote on returning to elected superintendent
Ellen Odom, the general counsel for the Escambia County School Board, has notified the Escambia County Commission that District 1 School Board member Kevin Adams…
ReadyKids! announces Read Across Pensacola Day and Community Celebration
This March, ReadyKids! is thrilled to announce the kick-off of National Reading Month with the official proclamation and celebration of Read Across Pensacola Day. Every…
Holding Google accountable
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google arguing that the tech giant should not be immune from suit for…
Omaha 360 combats gun violence
ABC News’ Brad Garrett has talked about gun violence and ways to reduce it, but the missing piece has always been communities’ commitment and law…
ECT should be ‘laser focused’
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May is disappointed that the $5.1 million handed out by the Escambia Children’s Trust last week didn’t focus on the children…
Visit Pensacola seeks grant requests for events
Do you need funding to promote an event in Escambia County? Visit Pensacola is now accepting grant applications for its event marketing program for events…
Presser Notes: Tallahassee Field Trip & After-School Care
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves recently returned from a trip to Tallahassee, where he met with state legislators and officials. “And certainly,…
Real News: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
Other podcasts from today’s show: Parents and loved ones of the 19 students and two teachers who died in the Robb Elementary massacre in May…
Latest Inweekly goes live
My Outtakes covers the new interest from the developers in OLF-8 From the article: Four years ago, a lot of effort was put into making…
Do Mayokis have the blessing of Native American tribes?
The once-daily newspaper reported on protests criticizing the Mayokis, a fictitious white Krewe that has been a part of Fiesta Pensacola celebrations for over 60…
ECT: A failure to connect
The Escambia Children’s Trust’s executive director, Tammy Greer, appeared before the school board on Monday and responded to criticism that the ECT only awarded two…
Real News: Rick talks Mayoki, Mayors touch on Economic Development
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves talks about the requests the city will be asking of the Department of Economic Opportunity. He also discusses the importance of…
Psst, Mental Health Task Force met again
The Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida met again last week in private. No announcement of the meeting appeared on its website, and no…
Teen girls struggling with mental health after pandemic
According to new CDC data released last week, nearly three in five U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, double that of…
Fiesta breaks up with Mayokis, sorta
Fiesta Pensacola has notified the Mayokis that the it will no longer hold a Landing Ceremony or formally send its court to the Mayoki Ball…
Remembering W. D. Childers’ return to Pensacola and more
This morning, I looked back at when Sen. W. D. Childers termed out of the Florida Senate, after having served since 1970, and chaired the…






















