Sheriff Chip Simmons discusses the Real Time Crime Center and how it will improve law enforcement. Pensacola City Councilwoman Jennifer Brahier discusses the $1 million grant the city received to add more…
Author: Rick Outzen
Escambia book battle continues
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With Escambia County a key battleground in a broader debate about school books, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the county school board…
BCC-Childers lawsuit cleared to go to trial
County Clerk Pam Childers’ attorney submitted a voluntary dismissal of her appeal regarding a judge’s earlier ruling and notified the court that her discovery phase has ended and they are ready to…
Daily Outtakes: Matty and Blue Wahoos Score
Matthew Chestnutt Scores! Charities donated $3,000 to The Snoezelen Foundation at Escambia Westgate Center last week. “Matthew Chestnutt Scores!” has become synonymous with charitable contributions at our games, thanks to the unwavering…
Real News: Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves covers the problems with the Bay Bluffs walkway, the co-responder policing model and raising the pay for city employees. UWF President Martha Saunders celebrates the U.S. News &…
Breaking: Georgia Blackmon passes
Pensacola civil rights leader and icon, Georgia Blackmon has passed away. In 1989, Georgia opened The Gathering Awareness and Book Center to offer African-American literature and history and be a gathering place…
Takeaways from Mayor’s presser
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held his weekly press conference today. Here are some of my takeaways: Bay Bluffs The Bay Bluffs walkway will be demolished, and the mayor isn’t sure what will…
Ice Flyers ink agreement with Blue Angels
The Pensacola Ice Flyers, a four-time championship team in the Southern Professional Hockey League, have announced a three-year license agreement with their hometown heroes, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. This agreement will…
Daily Outtakes: Unhappy Baptist workers and judges
According to the website Glassdoor.com, less than half of the Baptist Hospital employees who posted reviews said they would not recommend working at the hospital to a friend. Baptist received three stars…
Real News: Monday, Sept. 18, 2023
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh previews tonight’s town hall – 6 p.m. at Perdido Bay United Methodist Church. Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has held up military nominations for more than six months in protest…
Baptist Hospital ‘open’ to caring for former neighborhood
On WCOA this morning, Escambia County Commissioner Chairman Lumon May said the Baptist Hospital leaders are open to offering medical services at its old campus on E Street. “We had a great…
UWF ranks top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s Top Public Schools – Regional South Rankings
Pensacola, Fla. – Sept. 18, 2023 – For the second consecutive year, the University of West Florida ranks in the top 10 public institutions in the region by U.S. News & World…