State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announced today that a direct information has been filed charging former Okaloosa County Deputy Sheriff Eddie Lee Duran, Jr., with one count of Manslaughter with a Firearm….
Daily Outtakes: FDEP plan for hotels and golf in state parks criticized
On Monday, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) announced the launch of its 2024-25 Great Outdoors Initiative. In addition to increasing the number of cabins and lodges on park property, the…
City updates: American Magic, Economic Development
Port Director Clark Merritt gives an update on American Magic and the schedule for the America’s Cup races. Erica Grancagnolo discusses the importance of IHMC to the city’s revitalization and job training….
Childers tells Bergosh to pay up
County Clerk Pam Childers has sent a certified letter with an invoice for $39,670 to County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh. The invoice is her estimate of what the county’s legal department spent on…
Best of the Coast on Real News
I interviewed several winners today. Here is a link to one podcast with all of them – Real News. These are the individual interviews: The Gulf Winds Cares Foundation won the Best…
Real News visits IHMC
Today, we broadcasted from IHMC in downtown Pensacola. Marcas Bamman is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance Research at IHMC. “The research here is spanning from the…
Mucarsel-Powell, Scott set up November fight
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell cruised to victory Tuesday in a Democratic U.S. Senate primary, setting the stage for what could be…
Barrie Arnold launches bardelia
Barrie Arnold, co-founder of the pioneering non-alcoholic beverage retailer Boisson, today announced the launch of bardelia, a new company dedicated to revolutionizing the way people enjoy non-alcoholic drinks. The company is currently…
FDOH notices public of June breach
We received this public notice yesterday. PUBLIC NOTICE: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Tallahassee, Fla. – Following a recent cybersecurity incident impacting the Florida Department of Health (Department), the Department has begun direct…
Daily Outtakes: Governor, please appoint Ashlee
Update – 6:45 a.m.: State Rep. Alex Andrade is also on board. He actually called Tallahassee yesterday. UPDATE – 6:20 a.m.: Mayor D.C. Reeves texted from Dublin that he supports this effort….
What is happening at Beggs Lane encampment
Escambia County has begun the communication and planning process for individuals to vacate the homeless encampment located on county property near Beggs Lane and North Palafox Street, working closely with community partners…
LaRuby May at DNC
Attorney LaRuby May, daughter of Mary May and the late Theophalis May, led roundtable discussions at the Democratic National Convention. On “Real News with Rick Outzen” today, we discussed her week and…
Election Day ground game won Escambia commission spots
Steve Stroberger won the GOP Commission primary for the District 1 county commission seat, defeating two-term incumbent Jeff Bergosh by 1,533 votes, 4,793 to 3,260. Perennial also-ran Jesse Casey came in a…
Santa Rosa voters end Calkins Era
Commissioner James Calkins saw his power grab fall apart in the Santa Rosa County primary yesterday. He not only lost his race, but his attempt to get in his spouse on the…
Daily Outtakes: Record low voter turnout in Escambia County
According to the preliminary election results posted by the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office, the county only had 48,304 people vote in the Aug. 20 primary, for a 23.4% turnout percentage….
Hofberger wins District 4
Ashlee Hofberger took an early lead, and it doesn’t look like she will lose it
Bergosh concedes
Steve Stroberger has early lead by 54%: This wasn’t the result I expected, nor is it the one I anticipated, but the District 1 voters have spoken and they have elected new…
Votes cast in Escambia D1 and D4 races
As of 4 p.m. DISTRICT 1 PCT # Early Mail-in Today Total 26 328 438 267 1033 BELLVIEW LIBRARY 43 183 222 229 634 BEULAH CHURCH 55 190 167 125 482 LIBERTY…
Vote today: ‘Don’t stay at home’
Note: The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections reports that voting has doubled since 11 a.m. As of 2:40 p.m., 10,271 have cast votes. Democrat candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell called “Real News with Rick…
Polls open, early totals by 7:10 p.m.
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender expects to have early votes tallied and reported by 7:10 p.m. He estimates that early voting and vote-by-mail ballots will account for about half of…
