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…
Takeaways from Pensacola Mayor’s presser
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves spent over 30 minutes addressing several issues at his weekly presser on Tuesday afternoon. He covered the new resident satisfaction survey and the repaired down escalator the airport…