Hurricane Ida heading toward La.
The latest information on Hurricane Ida is expected to undergo rapid to strengthening on today, tonight and Sunday. While the National Hurricane Service has it…
Ascension Sacred Heart and Baptist leaders talk about COVID surge
COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high in Escambia County; most are not vaccinated PENSACOLA, Fla. (Aug. 27, 2021) — The numbers of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Ascension…
Tippett appointed to PSC board
Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Troy Tippett to the Pensacola State College District Board of Trustees. Dr. Tippett, of…
Podcast: What does FDA full approval mean for Pfizer mean
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, I had Healthcare policy expert Sally Pipes to provide insight on how the full approval Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine might increase vaccinations…
Podcast: Face masks are effective
On Newstalk 1370 WCOA, Dr. Peter Jennings, the chief medical officer at Ascension Sacred Heart, talked about the research that has shown that face masks…
DeSantis loses case banning face mask mandates by school boards
Judge John C. Cooper has rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to block Florida’s school districts from imposing strict mask mandates on students to curb the…
Thomas Insurance owner pleads guilty
We broke this story earlier this year. Press release: John Thomas, 51, of Pensacola pled guilty yesterday on wire fraud and money laundering charges related…
Newpoint CEO loses appeal
An appeals court Thursday upheld the conviction of a former charter-school management company CEO who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering and…
Real News line-up for Friday, Aug. 27
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, our line-up today is stellar. We will open with the latest info on the Tropical Storm Ida in the Gulf of…
Hear from experts on FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, face masks
Tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, my guest will be Sally Pipes, President, CEO, Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy at The…
Other podcasts from Thursday, Aug. 26 show
Today, I opened with Justin Beck of Beck Partners, who talked about how well the office space market has done throughout the pandemic: At 8…
COVID Uptick drives changes in Escambia Schools
More than 600 Currently Quarantined by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Less than two weeks into the school year, Escambia County schools are instituting stricter COVID safety…
Podcast: Speaker Sprowls discusses what makes Florida House special
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls recapped the 2021 legislative session and discussed what we can expect in the upcoming committee meetings….
Real News line-up for Thursday 8/26
On NewsTalk 1370, our line-up today includes: 7:02 Justin Beck of Beck Partners 7:30 Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls 8:00 Former NFL Super Bowl champion…
Podcast: Surfside Condo collapse – legal issues
The New York Times reports that team that developed Champlain Towers – which partially collapsed and killed 98 people – managed to build the condos…
Florida House Speaker on Real News tomorrow
Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls will be my guest tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. He will recap the 2021 session, covering what passed and how his…
Breaking: Garcon Pt. Bridge toll still has not dropped
On July 28, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would have FDOT cut the tolls for the Garcon Point Bridge in half. Nearly a month later,…
Podcast: Hiding child molesters in Santa Rosa schools
Pensacola attorney Joe Zarzaur appeared on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA this morning. He talked about a recent deposition he had concerning a former substitute teacher, Richard…
Polls show DeSantis out of sync with Floridians
Quinnipiac University yesterday released its poll on what Floridians think about Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decisions regarding face masks. A majority of people in Florida say…
Judge rules against Skanska
Judge Hope Cannon ruled against Skanska USA in a spoliation hearing concerned the cell phones the bridge contractor wiped clean. Read more on the issue…
