Category: Politics
Sports: Sun Belt Championships, Blue Wahoos Challenge
Men’s Basketball Championship – 6 p.m. James Madison and Arkansas State earned victories to secure spots in Monday evening’s 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s…
Daily Outtakes: Gaetz worried
Don’t pay attention to Congressman Matt Gaetz’s denials that he doesn’t want to be Florida’s next governor. He does, and he’s worried about the competition…
Real News 3/8/24
Hollywood’s big night is almost here! The Oscars are Sunday, capping off a long awards season, and all the predictions have “Oppenheimer” running away with…
More college sports coming to Pensacola
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning, I had Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer and Blue Wahoos Senior Writer Bill Vilona. Palmer announced…
Pensacola EggFest gives $131,000 to local charities
Pensacola EggFest donated a record amount to local charities this past week after seeing massive participation in 2023. A record $131,000 was distributed to local…
Daily Outtakes: What bills died in Tally
Florida Politics has listed 25 bills that died in the 2024 session, which ends today. “Some center on hot-button issues sure to attract ample attention…
Real News 3/7/24
Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare discusses how the city has lost community centers with gyms over the past decade. He would like to see more…
Plenty of baseball at Blue Wahoo Stadium, starting today
From Bill Vilona: Four weeks from Friday, the official start of the Blue Wahoos season happens. But we’ve got a lot going on at the…
The Malcolm Yonge Demolition Debate
The Malcolm Yonge Gym has been demolished. The citizens who tried to get a citywide referendum on the demolition have not given up their fight….
Daily Outtakes: Malcolm Yonge gone, what’s next
As I reported, the Malcolm Yonge Gym demolition had started…and was mostly completed yesterday. I took this photo at 6 am today: Getting Up to…
Real News – 3/6/24
Coastal Carolina and Texas State collected victories in first-round action at the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship on Tuesday evening at the…
UWF joins Culture of Respect Collective
The University of West Florida has joined the eighth cohort of NASPA’s Culture of Respect Collective. The two-year program guides colleges and universities that have…
Inweekly 3/7/24: Going NoLo
Going NoLo Changing the Way We Drink Have you ever skipped a night out because you didn’t feel like drinking? Or just ordered water because…
Demolition of Malcolm Yonge has begun
Two readers have notified us that the demolition of the Malcolm Yonge Gym has begun. Teresa Hill emailed us the above photo.
Daily Outtakes: Bye, Nikki
Nikki Haley will announce today that she is suspending her presidential bid, according to several media sources. Why it matters: Haley’s results on Super Tuesday…
Real News 3/5/24
Mayor D.C. Reeves shares his takeaways from last week’s trip to New Orleans, his plans for Malcolm Yonge site and the opening of Bruce Beach…
Salzman fought for Dozier survivors
The White House Boys — men who were raped, beaten and tortured as children at the state-run Dozier School for Boys in Marianna – will…
DeSantis sends troops to control spring breakers
At a press conference in Miami Beach, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would deploy 140 state troopers and 24 Quick Response FHP Troopers to popular…
Kathy Denkler Scholarship Fund
Family and friends have established a scholarship fund in the memory of Kathy Denkler. The fund will cover the tuition at the National Flight Academy,…
Updated purchase agreement of OLF-8
Beulah TownCenter, LLC yesterday submitted a proposed purchase agreement for 290 acres of Outlying Landing Field 8 in the Beulah community, adjacent to Navy Federal…
