Rick's Podcasts

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday gave law enforcement partners no indication of when or whether an indictment against former President Trump could come as the grand jury is off until Wednesday. ABC News' Aaron Katersky has the latest information.

All the interviews from Monday, March 20, 2023.

Retired Escambia County teacher Linda Fussell pushes back the movement to remove books approved by the district's review from public schools. 

FavorHouse of Northwest Florida has received state funds to use toward improvements to their Escambia County Emergency Shelter. Grantarenaus LLC, a local Pensacola company, won the bid for the project which includes all new flooring and paint throughout the facility.  Tracie Hodson shares the details.

The LeaP for Change project is a Pensacola Leadership Class of 2023 initiative to benefit both the Children’s Home Society's Care Closet at C.A. Weis Elementary School, and Feeding the Gulf Coast food pantries in Ebonwood, Wedgewood, and Brownsville community centers.  Rebekah Morris shares the details. 

The Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board will hold a roundtable meeting from 5:30-7 p.m. on Monday, March 20, at the Bowden Building, 120 Church Street. Walker Wilson has the details.

The full show for Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

One In A Row Ventures, LLC, a local investment group led by entrepreneur Jason Crawford, in partnership with Chad Henderson, CEO/Founder of Pensacola-based Catalyst HRE, announced today the purchase of Bayou Chico’s iconic  Day Break Marina along with boat dealership L&M Marine, located in Stapleton, Alabama. Day Break is hosting a boat show to March 24 & 25 to celebrate the new team. Jon Page has the details.

Early this month, Eli Lily announced it was cutting its price for insulin by 70%.  The Levin Papantonio Rafferty law firm is suing Lily and other insulin manufactures for decades of price gouging.  Troy Rafferty says the recent price cut doesn't derail the lawsuit."It's putting a bandaid on a compound fracture," said Rafferty. "Listen, diabetes is an epidemic in our country. There's 34 million people who have diabetes; 88 million are pre-diabetic. It's a seventh leading cause of death in America. Three pharmaceutical companies control 99% of the market, and since 2003, they have increased the price of insulin a thousand percent."

One of Pensacola’s oldest running events, the Bayou Hills Run presented by Pensacola Sports, takes place Saturday, March 18 at 7 a.m. from Pensacola’s Bayview Park. Registration for the race is now open. Amy Marquez has the details.