Mayor D.C. Reeves, Booker T. Washington High School, and Pensacola High School invite you to the third annual Mayor’s Bowl on Friday, Aug. 25, celebrating the longstanding football rivalry between the two…
Takeaways from Mayor’s presser
Finding $20 Million to Demo Baptist Hospital At his weekly presser on Tuesday, Mayor D.C. Reeves said that he has met with Baptist Hospital leaders twice in the past 30 days to…
Daily Outtakes: Classical Regression, Cheers and Goodbye
The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s public universities, is expected next week to approve the Classical Learning Test for college admission – part of Gov. DeSantis’ effort to move…
Podcasts: UWF, Warrington Prep, Bergosh texts and more
UWF president Dr. Martha Saunders announces new enrollment record and discusses the Office of Workforce Development and UWF football. ———— Principal Dr. Erica Foster shares the first week at Warrington Prep Academy….
Pensacola, Escambia County seek input in homeless care governance
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves and Escambia County Administrator Wes Moreno have sent their joint recommendations for the new governance board of the Continuum of Care (C0C), which oversees grant funding for homeless…
Escambia School Board seeks to end book lawsuit
By Jim Saunders ©2023 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — The Escambia County School Board on Monday urged a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit…
Pensacola recycling update
The City of Pensacola is evaluating changes to recycling and sanitation services for City Sanitation customers to improve services and minimize ineffective recycling efforts. The City of Pensacola Sanitation Services Department currently…
Daily Outtakes: UWF, Warrington Prep, United Way
Dr. Martha Saunders said on “Real News with Rick Outzen” that the University of West Florida has set a new enrollment record. “We’ve hit another record enrollment,” said the UWF president. “We…
Foo Foo Fest has new website and is looking for Friends
On Friday, the Pensacola Foo Foo Fest announced the launch of the new 2023 Foo Foo Festival website, detailing this year’s initial day-by-day 10-Year Anniversary calendar of events. The 2023 grant recipients include…
DeSantis spends $25 million for 200-300 more New College students
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature pumped $25 million into operational enhancements and student scholarships at New College of Florida. On Friday, he commended Interim President Richard Corcoran and the…
Stolen texts reappear on PNJ front page, Bergosh responds
The once-daily newspaper anonymously received a file of text messages from County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh’s personal cell phone that had been stolen from the county’s server. Before the News Journal got the…
Daily Outtakes: The body of evidence re: ME
The Interim District One Medical Examiner, Dr. Deanna Olekse, has been battling with the county commissions of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties over a new facility. In April, letters from…
Daily Outtakes: Changing of the Tammys at Escambia Children’s Trust
Tammy Greer was right. She was relieved of his duties as the Escambia Children’s Trust at yesterday’s emergency board meeting. And as I suggested, the board chose a staff member, finance director…
Children’s Trust executive director expects to be ousted today
Tammy Greer, executive director of the Escambia Children’s Trust, has notified her board that she will not attend today’s emergency board meeting unless asked to be there. After submitting a 60-day notice,…
United Way celebrates past year
On August 15, United Way of West Florida celebrated its successes from the 2022-23 season and rallied attendees to join the organization to be agents of change in the coming year. “Our…
Escambia County gives The Lodges two-month lifeline
The Escambia County Commission voted to give Re-entry Pensacola Alliance enough funding to keep The Lodges, its shelter of women and children, to open for two months. According to the limited financial…
Daily Outtakes: Kim Krupa interim?, Political Pressure Fails
Escambia Children’s Trust board will hold an emergency meeting today at 3:30 p.m. in the County Commission chamber. Please note place and time have changed since I first posted about the meeting….
Breaking: Escambia Children’s Trust chair calls emergency board meeting
Even Later Update: Meeting time changed to 3:30 p.m. Update: Meeting has been moved to County Commission chambers. Escambia Children’s Trust chair Tori Woods has called an emergency board meeting for 3…
Real News with Rick Outzen anniversary show
On Tuesday, Aug. 15, WCOA celebrated the second anniversary of “Real News with Rick Outzen” with a live remote from the newly renovated Atlas Oyster Bar. Over two hours, we interviewed 20…
Breaking news: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie stores
ALDI today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket as part of a larger divestiture of Southeastern Grocers to various entities. “Like ALDI, Winn-Dixie and…