From the Staff Reports: Boys & Girls Club, 245 kids- bought a vehicle for $145,333 in June – 39% of its total expenditures through Sept. Central Gulf Coast Freedom School, 104 kids…
Category: Politics
Daily Outtakes: Important meetings today
Escambia County, City of Pensacola, Opening Doors Northwest Florida have been on the path to revamp the Continuum of Care, which receives federal and state grants to help people move out of…
Andrade won’t file Perdido referendum bill
State Rep. Alex Andrade announced this morning that he will not be filing a local bill to place the question of Perdido’s Incorporation on the ballot for 2024. He said significant changes…
Daily Outtakes: Who needs YouthFirst Century
Tomorrow, the Escambia County Children’s Trust’s program committee will review its out-of-school grants and recommend which ones should be renewed. The renewals total $5.3 million, nearly half the Trust’s budget. YouthFirst Century,…
YouthFirst Century under scrutiny
YouthFirst Century appeared to be the ideal out-of-school program for the Escambia Children’s Trust to fund. Black educators with The Urban Development, the Town of Century, and several Black-owned businesses committed to…
Daily Outtakes: Pensacon Turkey Deal
With the holiday season upon us, Pensacon is getting into the spirit of giving — and saving — with a special offer and contest spanning Thanksgiving Weekend, Black Friday and Cyber Monday….
LaCoste indicted
From the State Attorney’s Office: Jesse Wayne LaCoste of Pensacola, Florida, was indicted by the sitting Escambia County Grand Jury for the felony crimes of Racketeering (Count 1), and Organized Fraud (Count…
Real News on the Road
Real News on the Road at Bodacious Shops: Sena Maddison, Quint Studer, Eric Stevenson, Darrell Miller, Reggie Dogan, Alicia Donjon, Martha Saunders, Walker Wilson, D.C. Reeves, Isabel Miller, Erica Grancagnola, Lumon May,…
Mayor focuses on vision for abandoned Baptist campus
Mayor D. C. Reeves is asking for help shaping the vision of the future for the Baptist Hospital Legacy Campus. At his presser this morning, the mayor talked about the vision being…
Daily Outtakes: Who was the leak?
Escambia County has filed suit against Jonathan Owens, aide to former County Commissioner Doug Underhill, Alexander Arduini and Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal, seeking recovery of data stolen of the…
Real News: Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
Pensacola City Council president Delarian Wiggins recaps his years as council president. Haley Brown discusses the mission of Rally Foundation and the difference it’s making in Pensacola. The full show for Monday,…
New offer for OLF 8 – $20 million for 375 acres
Beulah Town Center, LLC, has sent the Escambia County Commission a four-page Letter of Intent to purchase 375 acres of OLF 8 in Beulah for retail, commercial and multi-family residential. “What they’re…