With the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack just days away, the man accused of being the mastermind behind the plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), appeared with four other defendants for the…
Real News podcast: Rafferty takes the 401(a) case
Last Thursday, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted to hire the Levin Papantonio Rafferty law firm to represent it in the dispute with County Clerk Pam Childers. In August, Childers told…
9/11 memories: ‘We will never forget’
For the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we asked readers to submit their stories about the terrorist attacks (Inweekly, “We Will Never Be The Same,” 9/7/11). Edwin Banacia lived in New York City…
Real News line-up for Wednesday, Sept. 8
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA this morning, I will open the show with Escambia County Commission Chairman Robert Bender who will recap last night’s budget meeting. Then, I will interview Aaron Katersky with…
Real News podcast: Bergosh on Childers memo
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh is ready to take County Clerk Pam Childers to court, blaming her for not handling the issues she had brought up with the 401(a) retirement plan earlier with staff….
Real News podcast: Poppy Garcia
Last week, I had a great conversation with local artist Poppy Garcia about the importance of outdoor art. “For some people, especially in a smaller communities such as ours, public art is…
Joe Scarborough’s column written on 9/11/2001
On Sept. 11, 2001, Joe Scarborough was publisher emeritus of the Independent Florida Sun, one of the many names for our weekly newspaper. He wrote this column while our community was coping…
Real News podcast: ‘Wild, Wild West’ on Pensacola streets
Scott Mitchell, whose part of the Seville Quarter management team, says food trucks aren’t a problem. The issue is city leadership and law enforcement unwillingness to clear unlicensed food vendors off city…
The Childers Circus continues
On the day the county commissioners voted unanimously for the Levin Papantonio Rafferty law firm to represent them in a dispute with Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers over the 401(a) retirement program,…
Real News line-up for Tuesday, Sept. 7
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, I will open the show with Seville Quarter’s Scott Mitchell who will talk about the issues that businesses along South Jefferson Street have had with food vendors on…
Real News podcast: Andrade on monoclonal antibody treatment center
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, State Rep. Alex Andrade discussed how community leaders worked together to get a monoclonal antibody treatment center in Pensacola in a matter of days. “Our hospital has been…
Real News podcast: Pensacola has leaders
The Pensacola News Journal this past weekend published its third, or maybe its fourth, somewhat positive editorial of 2021, congratulating community leaders for moving the Blue Angels Air Show to Pensacola Beach…
Real News podcast: Will Kennedy on Argos victory
Will Kennedy, UWF athletics communications director, recapped UWF Argos victory over McNeese State last Saturday. He also covered last night’s FSU-Notre Dame game.
Simpson files to run for AG commissioner
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Wilton Simpson, a wealthy Republican from Trilby whose business holdings include a giant egg farm, filed paperwork Friday to run…
Real News line-up for Monday, Sept. 6
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, Will Kennedy, UWF Athletics Communication director, will tell us what the victory at McNeese State was like. He also covered the FSU vs. Notre Dame game last night…
More Real News podcasts that you might have missed
In four weeks, I’ve interviewed 112 people on “Real News with Rick Outzen” – and remember we’re only on the air for 90 minutes five days a week. Several interviews on NewsTalk…
FDOH: Covid cases drop, so have vaccinations
There were 2,516 new COVID-19 cases reported Escambia County over the last week, according to the Florida Department of Health. This is down from the previous week’s 3,067. Baptist, Ascension Sacred Heart…
Monoclonal antibody treatment site coming to Bayview Park
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Floridians who have received monoclonal antibody treatments, and announced that Florida will open a new monoclonal antibody treatment site in Escambia County at Bayview Community…
Broxson named vice chair for redistricting; Andrade named to House committee
State Senator Doug Broxson has been named vice chair of the Florida Senate’s Reapportionment Committee. Reapportionment Ray Rodrigues, Chair Doug Broxson, Vice Chair Aaron Bean Randolph Bracy Jennifer Bradley Danny Burgess Audrey…
Transcript of Underhill censure vote
We just received the transcript of last night’s discussion of allegations made by County Attorney Alison Rogers that Commissioner Doug Underhill had verbally threatened here. The board voted, 4-1, to censure Underhill….