Category: Florida
Rewind 10/20/24: What Pensacola read last week
The Pensacola City Council terminated the City’s lease with Divine Word Communications for a radio tower at the northern end of the Long Hollow stormwater…
What Pensacola played this week: IMPACT 100, OLF-8, Radio Tower, American Magic and Poo
On “Real News” this week, we hit the 3,900 milestone for interviews. We should top 4,000 interviews before Thanksgiving, a remarkable achievement considering our show…
Daily Outtakes: Judge thwarts sabotage of Amendment 4 by DeSantis, Ladapo
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker temporarily barred the DeSantis administration from intimidating and coercing television stations that air ads in support of the proposed Amendment…
Amendment 4 Backers Sue State Over Letters
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A political committee leading efforts to pass a ballot proposal on abortion rights filed a…
Disinformation on Amendment 4
Vote No on 4 Florida has a disinformation ad regarding Amendment 4, attacking it for not having definitions. It asserts that it would allow for…
Daily Outtakes: Misinformation the norm this political season
For more than 100 years, the League of Women Voters (LWV) has fought to protect voters’ rights and expand access for the excluded. This weekend,…
Tropical Storm Milton heading toward Tampa, may become Cat 3 hurricane
I’ve read various reports on Tropical Storm Milton. This will impact Tampa, St. Pete and Orlando. The storm will rapidly strengthen by Tuesday and may…
Podcast: Our Hurricane Helene coverage
WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” covered Hurricane Helene from Monday, Sept. 23 – when it was only a tropical disturbance, to Friday, Sept. 27…
Florida Starts Recovery After Monster Storm
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Rescue and recovery efforts were underway Friday morning in North Florida’s Big Bend region and…
Escambia County teams head to Madison County
Teams from Escambia County Emergency Operations and the Sheriff’s Office have headed to Madison County to help with recovery efforts. Madison County is east of…
Helene makes landfall near Perry, downgraded
At 10:10 p.m. CDT, Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Fla., as a Category 4 storm with 140-mph winds. About 80% of the residents in…
Hurricane Helene 8 p.m. update – Cat 4
Gov. Ron DeSantis warned residents of the Big Bend region, including people in hard-hit Taylor County, to make final preparations for Hurricane Helene, which grew…
