Category: News
Peyton Goodman: A promising life lost to Covid
On Friday, I learned that Peyton Goodman had passed due to Covid. This young woman, 24, had served as an intern in the Escambia County…
Afghan stories, photos may trigger PTSD
Neuroscience News warns that news and images from Afghanistan may trigger PTSD in military veterans. “A lot of our vets are extremely upset about the…
Real News lineup – Monday, Aug. 30
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, we will open the show with discussions on public safety and Hurricane Ida with Escambia County Public Safer Director Eric Gilmore,…
Monday closures
Escambia County Offices Closed and ECAT Service Canceled Monday, Aug. 30 Escambia County offices will be closed Monday, Aug. 30 due to the remnant weather…
Escambia public schools closed Monday
(FL) SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CLOSE Â MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 DUE TO HURRICANE IDA Superintendent Timothy A. Smith has announced that all schools and offices…
Latest on Ida
From NOAA: 6:30 AM 8/29/2021 Tropical Update: #Ida is an extremely dangerous MAJOR HURRICANE with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph as of a 6:00…
Hurricane Ida heading toward La.
The latest information on Hurricane Ida is expected to undergo rapid to strengthening on today, tonight and Sunday. While the National Hurricane Service has it…
Ascension Sacred Heart and Baptist leaders talk about COVID surge
COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high in Escambia County; most are not vaccinated PENSACOLA, Fla. (Aug. 27, 2021) — The numbers of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Ascension…
Tippett appointed to PSC board
Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Troy Tippett to the Pensacola State College District Board of Trustees. Dr. Tippett, of…
Podcast: What does FDA full approval mean for Pfizer mean
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, I had Healthcare policy expert Sally Pipes to provide insight on how the full approval Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine might increase vaccinations…
Podcast: Face masks are effective
On Newstalk 1370 WCOA, Dr. Peter Jennings, the chief medical officer at Ascension Sacred Heart, talked about the research that has shown that face masks…
DeSantis loses case banning face mask mandates by school boards
Judge John C. Cooper has rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to block Florida’s school districts from imposing strict mask mandates on students to curb the…
Thomas Insurance owner pleads guilty
We broke this story earlier this year. Press release: John Thomas, 51, of Pensacola pled guilty yesterday on wire fraud and money laundering charges related…
Newpoint CEO loses appeal
An appeals court Thursday upheld the conviction of a former charter-school management company CEO who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering and…
Real News line-up for Friday, Aug. 27
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, our line-up today is stellar. We will open with the latest info on the Tropical Storm Ida in the Gulf of…
Hear from experts on FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, face masks
Tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, my guest will be Sally Pipes, President, CEO, Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy at The…
Other podcasts from Thursday, Aug. 26 show
Today, I opened with Justin Beck of Beck Partners, who talked about how well the office space market has done throughout the pandemic: At 8…
COVID Uptick drives changes in Escambia Schools
More than 600 Currently Quarantined by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Less than two weeks into the school year, Escambia County schools are instituting stricter COVID safety…
Real News line-up for Thursday 8/26
On NewsTalk 1370, our line-up today includes: 7:02 Justin Beck of Beck Partners 7:30 Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls 8:00 Former NFL Super Bowl champion…
Podcast: Surfside Condo collapse – legal issues
The New York Times reports that team that developed Champlain Towers – which partially collapsed and killed 98 people – managed to build the condos…
