Category: Escambia County
Breaking: Don Gaetz files for Senate, Frank White withdraws
Don Gaetz announced on WCOA this morning that he is running for Florida Senate. Frank White has withdrawn from the race. Gaetz considered running after…
SEC Soccer Tournament tickets on sale
Several nationally-ranked Southeastern Conference soccer teams will be competing for the SEC Championship title from Sunday, Oct. 29, through Sunday, Nov. 5, at Ashton Brosnaham…
What’s next for OLF-8?
D.R. Horton has pulled its offer to buy 297 acres of OLF-8 in the Beulah area. County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh offers his take on the…
Daily Outtakes: Guns, Facebook and Baseball – American favorites
Last Saturday night, four people were taken to hospitals late Saturday night after gunshots were fired in Denver. A fifth victim was discovered Sunday morning….
Underhill sued for defamation on social media
Pro Watercross and its managing member Anthony Handler have filed a lawsuit against former Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill for defamation over allegedly false and…
Daily Outtakes: Tango in Pensacola?
The Escambia County School Board is asking a judge to move from Jacksonville to Pensacola a federal lawsuit about access in school libraries to the…
But Pam Childers didn’t…
Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers once again tried to spin the lawsuit over the commissioners’ pension plan that she saved the day by stopping the…
Podcast: CoC, Fair, City Council, Chorus and GC Kid’s House
Escambia County Administrator Wes Moreno discusses why he and Mayor D.C. Reeves want to a play active roles in the Continuum of Care that deals…
Kaycee Lagarde returning to county government
The City of Pensacola Public Information Officer Kaycee Lagarde is returning to Escambia County government to serve as its Strategic Communications Director. Before taking the…
Childers loses two more rulings
Late yesterday afternoon, Judge William Stone denied two motions made by Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers in the lawsuit concerning the county commissioners’ 401a retirement…
Daily Outtakes: Salzman wanders off the mental health ‘roadmap’
State Rep. Michelle Salzman is reconvening the Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida for an invitation-only meeting for “brainstorming, designing and planning for a…
Pensacola, Escambia County seek input in homeless care governance
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves and Escambia County Administrator Wes Moreno have sent their joint recommendations for the new governance board of the Continuum of Care…
Stolen texts reappear on PNJ front page, Bergosh responds
The once-daily newspaper anonymously received a file of text messages from County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh’s personal cell phone that had been stolen from the county’s…
Daily Outtakes: The body of evidence re: ME
The Interim District One Medical Examiner, Dr. Deanna Olekse, has been battling with the county commissions of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties over…
Escambia County gives The Lodges two-month lifeline
The Escambia County Commission voted to give Re-entry Pensacola Alliance enough funding to keep The Lodges, its shelter of women and children, to open for…
Real News with Rick Outzen anniversary show
On Tuesday, Aug. 15, WCOA celebrated the second anniversary of “Real News with Rick Outzen” with a live remote from the newly renovated Atlas Oyster…
Podcasts: Above Normal Hurricane Season, Escambia County, Rosie O’ Grady Celebrates
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen,” I talked with Eric Gilmore about the above normal hurricane season. Escambia County Administrator Wes Moreno shares the…
Re-entry Alliance Pensacola closing The Lodges on Sept. 1
Re-entry Alliance Pensacola is closing The Lodges, its 52-bed homeless shelter for women and children, because of the lack of funding, according to its executive…
Podcasts: Escambia County OLF 8, Pensacola’s 3-1-1, Pickleball
On Thursday, “Real News with Rick Outzen” on WCOA covered Escambia County’s OLF 8, Pensacola’s improved 3-1-1 service, and Pickleball at the Port of Pensacola….
Rockhill family to have Baptist Health Care surgery waiting area named in their honor
James “Rock” and Jessica Rockhill have chosen Baptist Health Care Foundation for their latest impactful gift to benefit the new Baptist Hospital campus, opening in…
