Author: Rick Outzen
No 911 in North End
911-service has been temporarily disrupted in the north end Escambia County. Here is a press release from the county: An outage of phone service to…
Invasive Species Awareness Week
This week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week. Locally, invasive species range from kudzu to lion fish. Here’s a press release from Escambia County, with…
“An Evening for Educators†at Arcadia Mill
Arcadia Mill will host “An Evening for Educators†on Thursday night. The event is an opportunity for local teachers to explore the historical site’s educational…
Spring Fling on the Bayfront, Wine Festival Today
Spring Fling on the Bayfront Jaco’s is hosting its 2nd annual Spring Fling on the Bayfront. Plaza de Luna Park filled with artists for a…
Temporary School Lockdown
Escambia High School was put on lockdown earlier today, as Escambia County sheriff deputies searched for an individual that fled after being seen standing near…
More shootings in the City of Pensacola
The City of Pensacola has had two shootings within the last 48 hours. A Pensacola man is hospitalized after he was shot Tuesday night inside…
Archaeology, You Dig?
There’s lots of reasons to dig archaeology. The month of March is Florida Archaeology Month and its full of opportunities to immerse oneself in history….
May to Host Town Hall
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May will host a town hall meeting Thursday. Elected in November, May represents District 3. The town hall meeting is scheduled…
Missing senior citizen found
Press Release: The Escambia Sheriff’s Office would like to update a news release from earlier today: 91-year-old Geneva Woods, who has been missing since February…
Woman, age 91, missing. ECSO asks for help.
Escambia Sheriff’s Investigators are searching for a 91-year-old woman who was last seen on Feb. 18, 2013. Geneva Woods (D.O.B. 5-18-1921) was last seen in…
Editorial published in Ocala newspaper’s Sunday edition
My Florida Voices column – “Florida’s prison privatization is no paradise” – was published yesterday in Ocala Star Banner in its opinion section. In his…
ATU 1395 video to City Council
The city council will discuss the new gas tax today:
Darius Rucker Coming to Pensacola Bay Center, tickets go on sale March 1
Rucker will play May 10. He will be joined by Jana Kramer and Justin Moore. Darius Rucker’s just released his latest album “True Believers” (Fourth…
Another City of Pensacola homicide
The phone call came this morning about another homicide inside the city of Pensacola in the South L and Government streets area. Later today, the…
Asmar steps down as Chief of Staff
City of Pensacola Press Release: The City of Pensacola announced today that John Asmar would step down as Chief of Staff and Special Counsel in…
Barry’s Town Hall
Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry will be holding an open forum town hall meeting Monday. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Molino…
Santa Rosa teachers to get a little more in their paychecks
The Santa Rosa County School Board has agreed to a step pay increase this year rather than go into arbitration with Santa Rosa Professional Educators….
Buzz: Pensacola Firefighters reject city agreement
My sources are telling me that the Pensacola Firefighters’ Union has rejected the last offer from Mayor Hayward for closing its pension plan. One fireman…
Schedule-Changes for County Meetings
Tomorrow’s meeting schedule of the Escambia County Commission will be a bit different than usual. The time change is being made to allow for commissioners…
More on City losses at Port of Pensacola
The daily newspaper followed up on my blog post regarding Northwest Florida Cold Storage and reported that the company is no longer in operation. Derek…
