Lakeview has new parent and brand
Press release: Lakeview Center celebrates a milestone today in its journey as an independent nonprofit, one year after separating from Baptist Health Care. After a 25-year…
Community Health Palafox Two opens
Community Health Northwest Florida’s Behavioral Health & Wellness and Optometric Vision Care departments have a brand new home. Familiarly dubbed “Palafox Two” among Community Health…
Florida United Ways respond to Hurricane Ian
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties escaped the devastation of Hurricane Ian. But many people are looking for ways to assist communities hit by the storm….
Real News podcasts: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
Banker Bruce Vredenburg explains why we should renew the the Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption (EDATE) program. The University of West Florida Haas Center…
Gulf Breeze Will Do has $130K+ in grant requests
Gulf Breeze Will Do (GBWD), a women’s philanthropic group, received more than $130,000 requests in grant applications for 2022. Grant review committees are set to…
Baptist: ‘Everything is Bigger’
Baptist Offers Peek of New Healthcare Campus By Jeremy Morrison Next fall, Baptist Healthcare plans to open its new campus, currently being developed off of…
Sheriff focused on finding suspects in Bellview shooting [podcast]
On WCOA this morning, Sheriff Chip Simmons repeated his request for any video taken by fans at the Bellview Park football on Saturday where one…
First City Art Center Pumpkin Patch [podcast]
First City Art Center’s 16th annual Glass and Ceramic Pumpkin Patch takes place on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Blue…
Habitat establishes Land Trust
Hopes to ‘Go Back to Roots’ of Affordable Housing Mission By Jeremy Morrison As the dynamics of the economy evolve — particularly rising housing costs…
Triumph: Our ‘golden ticket’
Laura DiBella, the deputy secretary of the Florida Department of Commerce, was in Pensacola yesterday to speak with local business leaders about Enterprise Florida. “We…
Elizabeth Eckford shares her story
Yesterday, I posted the podcast of my interview with Elizabeth Eckford, who recounted her experience as she and eight other students desegregated Little Rock Central…
Real News podcasts: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022
County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses the shooting at Bellview Park while a youth football was being played and how the county will make the parks…
West Pensacola Elementary celebrates ‘Socktober’
West Pensacola Elementary School will kick off its annual “Socktober” service project this month, with a goal of collecting 900 pairs of new socks this…
Help with city transportation plan
The City of Pensacola is seeking the public’s input to help develop a forward-thinking Active Transportation Plan, with a goal of gathering input on walking, biking and other…
Elizabeth Eckford: Profile in Courage
On Thursday night, The Equity Project Alliance, in partnership with the Delta Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the Diocese of…
Quint on the road to Southern League championship [podcast]
Sixteen years ago, Quint Studer, Mort O’Sullivan and I celebrated city voters passing the referendum for the Community Maritime Park at the Waffle House on…
Presser Notes: Wahoos, Ian & a Shooting
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson was joined for his weekly press conference Monday by a celebratory group from the Blue Wahoos organization, as…
Real News today: Bellview shooting, Studer, Soul Bowl, Little Rock Nine
We have a full slate of guests on WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” today. We will discuss the Bellview Park shooting and what the…
PPD also steps up security at youth football games
Press release: In response to a fatal shooting on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Bellview Athletic Complex in Escambia County, the Pensacola Police Department will have an…
Real News podcasts: Monday, Oct. 3, 2022
President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden are heading to Puerto Rico on Monday and Florida on Wednesday to survey the damage caused…






















