Author: Rick Outzen
Real News: Go Argos, People’s Law, Casino Godfather
The University of West Florida hosts its first home football game of the 2024 season. Will Kennedy has all the details. Pensacola attorney and developer…
‘You Are So Pensacola’ Quiz Round Three – The Two Freds
I have searched our archives and cannot find the first “You are so Pensacola if…” However, I did run across the 2004 April Fool’s issue…
The Choral Society of Pensacola announces its 2024-2025 season
The Choral Society of Pensacola’s 2024-2025 season features four major concerts, a Foo Foo Festival event, and a special holiday performance by its treble ensemble….
Ed Spears loves the opportunities Milton offers
Ed Spears oversaw the construction of the Community Maritime Park and Blue Wahoos Stadium while working for the City of Pensacola. He is now Milton‘s…
Inweekly: Fall Arts Guide, Part 1 now live
Cover Story Inweekly provides the fall schedules of our performing arts – Ballet Pensacola, Choral Society of Pensacola, Pensacola Children’s Chorus, Pensacola Little Theatre, Pensacola…
Business: LandrumHR becomes Landrum
LandrumHR announced today a comprehensive brand, including a new logo and “refreshed messaging.” Wait for it… The company will be known going forward simply as…
Daily Outtakes: Liberis – Godfather of Mississippi casinos
BNews Monthly recognized Pensacola attorney and developer Charles Liberis for his contribution to gambling in Mississippi. The magazine pointed out that Liberis was the catalyst…
Real News: Barry, Reeves, Lumpy and more
Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry likes Pensacola Sports’ proposal to build an indoor sports facility at Ashton Brosnaham Park. Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has returned…
FDEP whistleblower who derailed golf course scheme
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis complained that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s plan to build golf courses in state parks was leaked before the…
‘You Are So Pensacola’ Quiz: Round 2
In 2003, we asked local politicians and celebrities to submit their answers to “You are so Pensacola if…” T. Bubba Bechtol – the late stand-up…
Spears named Milton city manager
Ed Spears has officially assumed the role of City Manager for the City of Milton. A Pensacola native and proud graduate of B.T. Washington High…
DC is back: Updates on Downtown Post Office, American Magic
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has returned after traveling to Dublin and Barcelona and his weekly appearance on “Real News with Rick Outzen.” In Barcelona, the…
What Escambia County EOC is watching
On “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning, Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore discussed the weather developments that they are watching. “There are…
Daily Outtakes: YASP Quiz still open, Amendment 3 boosted
You Are So Pensacola’ Quiz: Round 1 The quiz is off to a strong start. ROUND ONE: Name five stores – retail, restaurant, or bar…
Inweekly: News of the Weird 8/29/24
By the Editors at Andrews McMeel The Golden Age of Air Travel At the busy New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan, everything came to a…
‘You Are So Pensacola’ Quiz: Round 1
In October 2001, we asked readers to submit their entries about what they believe makes Pensacola unique. Their entries needed to begin with “You are…
Aug. 29 Outtakes: Beware of PAC Men
By Rick Outzen Twenty-five years ago, local candidates who ran negative ads often lost their races. Social media platforms hadn’t been created. Mailers were rare,…
Inweekly: Winners & Losers 8/29/24
WINNERS GULF WINDS CREDIT UNION The credit union co-sponsored Cat Country’s 2024 Radiothon with Ascension Sacred Heart and donated $20,000 to the event, supporting the…
Pensacola Interstate Fair unveils the 2024 Lineup
Pensacola’s biggest and longest-running annual agricultural and entertainment tradition returns this fall, October 17-27, bringing with it exhilarating rides, live music, exotic shows, colorful attractions…
$90 million bond issue could build indoor facility and upgrade Bay Center
NorthEscambia.com reported on yesterday’s Tourist Development Council meeting. The TDC heard a proposal to build an indoor sports facility at Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Park…
