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Florida Gen Z leader and organizer Jayden D’Onofrio will speak at an event hosted by Emerald Coast Equality on Wednesday, March 20 from 6:30 p.m….

By Jim Saunders. The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — When Florida lawmakers went home after ending the 2024 legislative session Friday, they left behind…

Men’s Basketball Championship – 6 p.m. James Madison and Arkansas State earned victories to secure spots in Monday evening’s 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s…

Don’t pay attention to Congressman Matt Gaetz’s denials that he doesn’t want to be Florida’s next governor. He does, and he’s worried about the competition…

Hollywood’s big night is almost here! The Oscars are Sunday, capping off a long awards season, and all the predictions have “Oppenheimer” running away with…

©2024 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The 2024 legislative session ended Friday with an annual hanky-drop ceremony in the rotunda between the House…

On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning, I had Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer and Blue Wahoos Senior Writer Bill Vilona. Palmer announced…

Pensacola EggFest donated a record amount to local charities this past week after seeing massive participation in 2023. A record $131,000 was distributed to local…

Florida Politics has listed 25 bills that died in the 2024 session, which ends today. “Some center on hot-button issues sure to attract ample attention…

Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare discusses how the city has lost community centers with gyms over the past decade. He would like to see more…

From Bill Vilona: Four weeks from Friday, the official start of the Blue Wahoos season happens. But we’ve got a lot going on at the…

App State, ULM, Southern Miss, and Louisiana all earned victories on Wednesday at the Pensacola Bay Center to punch their tickets to the quarterfinal round…

The Malcolm Yonge Gym has been demolished. The citizens who tried to get a citywide referendum on the demolition have not given up their fight….

As I reported, the Malcolm Yonge Gym demolition had started…and was mostly completed yesterday. I took this photo at 6 am today: Getting Up to…

Coastal Carolina and Texas State collected victories in first-round action at the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship on Tuesday evening at the…

The University of West Florida has joined the eighth cohort of NASPA’s Culture of Respect Collective. The two-year program guides colleges and universities that have…

NAIA to crown Women’s Soccer Champions at new home KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that it has…

Going NoLo Changing the Way We Drink Have you ever skipped a night out because you didn’t feel like drinking? Or just ordered water because…

Two readers have notified us that the demolition of the Malcolm Yonge Gym has begun. Teresa Hill emailed us the above photo.

The UWF women’s basketball team suffered a 74-70 defeat at Auburn Montgomery in the first round of the Gulf South Conference Championship at the AUM…