Category: News
Board approves Corcoran salary
From The News Service of Florida: The state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a contract for Richard Corcoran to lead New College…
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…
Pillow talk about Christian Nationalism
By Jeremy Morrison MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell — a Trump-era caricature growing even more cartoonish in hindsight — has largely been relegated to the political…
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…
Superintendent pushed to pull books without board vote
School Board Yanks Three More Books By Jeremy Morrison Before getting down to tossing three more titles out of the Escambia County School District, school…
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…
Escambia may nix three more books
Titles Focus on Sex, Gender by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County School District may be removing three more books from availability this week, as…
Real News: Ant Man, American Magic, Mardi Gras
Let the Quantumania begin! The latest Marvel movie Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania hits theaters this weekend, expected earn over $100 million by the end…
More offers for OLF-8
County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh says more parties are interested in buying OLF-8. The current high offer is $38 million. “We’ve got three additional interested parties,”…
Sign up for Summer Youth Internships
Applications Now Open for 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program Applications are now open for the Escambia County Summer Youth Employment Program. Applications are accepted beginning…
Pensacola Children’s Chorus partners with Parks & Rec
A new partnership between Pensacola Children’s Chorus (PCC) and the City of Pensacola will bring three new and completely free singing programs to the city’s…
Real News: Quint, OLF-8, AirBnB, Jetty and Skullz
Quint Studer’s new company Healthcare Plus Solutions Group has become an exclusive partner with Aramark Healthcare+. Quint shares some of the details. Hear how Commissioner…
Teachers reach agreement with District
Press release:On February 9, the School District of Escambia County and the Union of Education Staff Professionals reached an agreement on the raises of its…
Breaking: County gets new $35 million offer for OLF-8
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh announced on WCOA this morning that the Board of County Commissioners has received a $35-million offer for Outlying Landing Field 8. He…
