This week, Pensacola News Journal published an article calling out Escambia County for what it believed was a significant cost overrun on the new Brownsville Library. Headline: The remodel of the old Masonic…
Real News: UWF football; IHMC needs couch potatoes, old ones
Dr. Marcas Bamman has received a $7.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a clinical trial aimed to determine how people age 60 and older attain the health…
2nd Annual Paws For A Cause: Pet Walk to End DV
On Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 to 11 a.m., FavorHouse will host the 2nd Annual Paws For A Cause: Pet Walk to End DV at Corinne Jones Park, 620 W. Government Street….
Running Wild, West Pensacola Elementary launch Socktober
West Pensacola Elementary School is excited to announce its partnership with Running Wild for our annual “Socktober” sock donation event. From Oct.1 to Oct. 31 the community is encouraged to donate new…
Florida College Accreditation Fight Rejected
By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Siding with the Biden administration, a federal judge Wednesday rejected a challenge by Florida to the constitutionality of the accreditation system for…
Tropical Update: Rain in our future
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore shared the latest on Tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL200 AM EDT Thu Oct 3…
Daily Outtakes: School sales tax renewal may have trouble
Few people realize that Escambia County Public Schools have a half-cent sales tax that the district wants voters to renew for another 10 years. A few pro-tax signs have popped up around…
Sheriff Simmons on Blazer Academy
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons discusses the sixth Blazer Academy that graduated on Oct. 1. We also talk about the war on drugs and his crew that helped Madison County recover from…
WSRE-TV has a busy week – Studio Amped, Lyrics of Light, Road Trip
WSRE has announced the artists selected to perform for the 15th season of the public television station’s “StudioAmped” music series. Six concerts will be presented in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance…
Escambia County confirms Brownsville Library was always $3.1 million project
Kaycee Lagarde, Escambia County’s Strategic Communications Director, discussed the facts surrounding the Brownsville Library on “Real News” this morning. She reiterated the project’s budget was always $3.1 million, even supplying a memo…
Tropical Update – Here we go again (updated)
Listen to WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” at 7 a.m. to get the latest information. “I have run the models on it this morning. Both GFS and the European had nothing…
Daily Outtakes: County pushes back against PNJ article
The only-daily newspaper struggled but found something in the Oct. 3 agenda to slam Escambia County government: Remodel of old Masonic Lodge in Brownsville runs nearly $700,000 over budget. Here’s why. The…
2024 “Foo Foo on the Menu” initiative
The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee is excited to announce partnerships for the 2024 “Foo Foo on the Menu” initiative. As visitors and locals begin planning their Foo Foo Fest schedules, they…
Real News: CRA input sessions, Tech Tuesday and more
The City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will host another round of community workshops starting Tuesday, Oct. 1 through Thursday, Oct. 3, to update its three community redevelopment plans. The plans…
IHMC may study Rick Outzen and make him exercise
Dr. Marcas Bamman has received a $7.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a clinical trial to determine how people age 60 and older (Rick Outzen?) attain the…
Mayor postpones Bruce Beach grand opening, bacteria issue
At his press conference this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced that the Department of Health has discovered a high bacteria count in the run-off from a stormwater outlet near Bruce Beach. The…
A preview of Mayor D.C. Reeves weekly press conference
Mayor D.C. Reeves will hold his weekly press conference this morning to discuss the future of Baptist Hospital’s former campus on E Street. He understands the loss of those living near the…
CDC responds, Escambia Children’s Trust program untested
cThe program is based on the CDC’s Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model. Inweekly asked the CDC to explain the model. The program is focused on the mental and physical health…
Tropical Update: How the latest development may impact us
Once again, Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore will give us an update at 7 a.m. on “Real News with Rick Outzen.” County meteorologist Scottlin Williams subbed for Eric. She says…
Daily Outtakes: Brendan Kelly continues to rise
Last week, Dr. Brendan Kelly officially began his appointment as only the third president of the Arkansas State University System. Dr. Kelly has a Pensacola connection. From 2013 to 2017, he was…
