Rebekah Jones has moved her family to Pensacola in preparation to challenge incumbent Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida’s First Congressional District. She made her local debut this morning on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA’s…
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Real News podcast: A county jail is not a prison
Attorney Gene Mitchell came on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA yesterday and talked about problems with the new $142-million Escambia County Jail. “A jail is a pretrial detention facility as opposed to a prison,…
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On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, I will have Mike Lowery, president of ATU Local 1395 talking how to make our safe from COVID infections. Commissioner Jeff Bergosh will vent on the PNJ’s Monday…
Exclusive: Rebekah Jones on 1370 WCOA – 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18
Rebekah Jones has moved to Pensacola to run against Congressman Matt Gaetz. She will be my guest on “Real News with Rick Outzen” at 8 a.m. – her first local interview! Jones…
Presser Notes: Fred, COVID & Fields of Broken Dreams
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With Tropical Storm Fred looking to be shifting away from Pensacola, Mayor Grover Robinson breathed a guarded sigh of relief during Monday morning’s press conference. “It’s still looking…
Real News adds longer podcasts
Readers have asked for longer podcasts to listen to while walking, jogging, working out or traveling in the car. With Tropical Storm Fred heading for south Walton County, we focused today not…
11 am update. Landfall ETA Mon. 8 pm
NOAA has it hitting east of us. WTNT31 KNHC 151451 TCPAT1 BULLETIN Tropical Storm Fred Advisory Number 24 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062021 1100 AM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021…
Escambia County declares state of emergency
On Saturday, Aug. 14, Escambia County declared a local state of emergency due to the potential threat of Tropical Storm Fred. Escambia County Emergency Management held another planning meeting with our partners today…
Fred coming our way, ETA Monday
The forecast track for Tropical Depression Fred has shifted west, putting Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in its path for possible landfall. NorthEscambia reports: “Fred will near the Florida panhandle by Monday….
Tim Horton for Pensacola Mayor (podcast)
Tim Horton is one of the three people who have pre-filed to be Pensacola’s next mayor. “I’m a 1982 graduate of Woodham High School,” said Horton on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA’s “Real News.”…
Breaking: Rebekah Jones to run against Gaetz as Democrat
Rebekah Jones, the Florida Department of Health GIS data scientist fired in May 2020 because of her refusal to hide COVID-19 data, announced earlier this year that she would run against Congressman…
Real News podcast: Tropical Storm Fred
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore talks about the county’s preparations for Tropical Storm Fred. Currently the storm is expected to make landfall Monday night or early Tuesday morning east of…