Category: Politics
Daily Outtakes: D-Day 80th Anniversary
Eighty years ago – June 6, 1944,the largest amphibious invasion in military history occurred on the beaches of Normandy, France. The operation, odename OVERLORD, delivered…
Andrade on the radio
State Rep. Alex Andrade was my guest on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. We talked about having the one-two budget punch of Sen….
Daily Outtakes: Mike Burns new SRIA director
Last month, the Santa Rosa Island Authority Board selected local attorney Mike Burns as its new executive director. Burns was chosen from a field of…
Escambia County has over 16,000 fewer voters than in 2020
Escambia County has lost over 7% of its voters, 16,224 people, over the past four years, thanks to laws passed by the Republican-controlled legislature since…
City breaks ground on Project Titan’s third hangar
This morning, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves broke ground with city, county, state, and business leaders on Project Titan’s third hangar at the Pensacola International Airport….
Free Z Tuesday returns June 11
Press Release: Award-winning personal injury law firm Zarzaur Law, P.A., is excited to announce the return of its popular summertime “Free Z Tuesday” events, starting…
Space still available for Protecting Places of Worship
The Mayor’s Office of Pensacola is joining the Pensacola Police Department, US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida and the Federal Bureau of…
Daily Outtakes: Arson or Lightning
Cordova Park residents are wondering whether the car that caught fire in County Clerk Pam Childers’ neighborhood was a lightning strike, not arson. On Saturday,…
Bergosh on new $36 million offer for OLF-8
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen,” Commisisoner Jeff Bergosh discussed the latest offer of OLF-8 for $36 million, which includes donating part of the…
Meet Lisa Newell
Lisa Newell, owner of the Gulf Breeze News and Splash Magazine, is running for the Florida Senate District 1 seat as a Democrat. Newell, a…
Buzz: Arson in Cordova Park
Early Saturday morning, someone set a vehicle on fire near the home of Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers. Neighbors reported that police are protecting her…
UnityFest returns
Press Release: Attorney Troy Rafferty and Adoration for a New Beginning Church announced today that they will again present the Annual Juneteenth UnityFest: A Community…
Meet Kim Kline
Small business owner and former Gulf Breeze teacher Kim Kline is running without party affiliation for the Florida House District 2 seat, currently held by…
Real News: Movies, Adventure, Sea Turtles and Cowsills
“Young Woman and the Sea” stars Daisy Ridley as Trudy Ederle, who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Does the…
Remembering Mayor Vince Whibbs
Mayor Emeritus Vince Whibbs, Sr. passed away on May 30, 2006, shortly after being named to the Community Maritime Park Associates board. He replaced Adm….
Reporter shares what it was like in the Trump courtroom
ABC News investigative reporter Peter Charalambous was in the New York courtroom when Donald Trump heard the verdict. “It was stunning in person in a…
Real News: Airport and County Ops
Pensacola International Airport Director Matt Coughlin discusses that over this past weekend, the airport TSA screened around 28,000 passengers and saw a total of 57,000…
McDonald’s pushes back against critics
McDonald’s has pushed back against viral social media posts that recent price increases have been unreasonable with a letter from McDonald’s USA president Joe Erlinger….
Papa Gaetz has a challenger
Don Gaetz will face a challenger in the race to fill State Sen. Doug Broxson’s seat this fall. Lisa Newell, the owner and publisher of…
Bergosh says ‘kill shot’ failed
On May 21, an Escambia County grand jury issued a “No True Bill” in the investigation of Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh’s text messages that…
