(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 within the Escambia County School District (ECSD)…
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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 AM CDT update from the National Hurricane…
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 making landfall at 125 mph, some experts…
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 Pensacola, is a Neurosurgeon, Medical Director and…
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 and affect vaccine mandates. Pipes is the…
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 are effective in curbing the spread of…
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 spread of the coronavirus. The judge sided…
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 to selling fraudulent insurance policies to his…
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 Mexico: 7:05 WKRG’s John Nodor 7:15 Escambia…
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 Pacific Research Institute. We discuss the impact…
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 Fred Robbins 8:15 Chris Rutledge of Gulf…
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 despite checkered pasts, internal strife and a…