Rick's Podcasts

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses the Pensacola airport expansion and downtown housing.

Ryan Wiggins shares the details for this fun event that's Saturday, Dec. 17. The line-up starts at Bayview Park at 4:15 pm; parade begins at 5:30 p.m. Find out more here.

BOOK SIGNING WITH DR. RUSSELL LEVENSONTuesday, December 13 ~ 6-8 PM ~ Christ Church Parish HallJoin us for a special evening with Dr. Russell Levenson as he discusses his new book, Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush. George and Barbara Bush belonged to and were active members of St. Martin's, Houston for more than 50 years. Reverend Russell Jones Levenson, Jr., rector of St. Martin's, believes he was invited into private moments with these public individuals so he could serve as a witness: a witness to observe, and a witness to tell. Click here for a special message to Christ Church from Dr. Levenson.

Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May expresses his concerns with the grant proposals being presented to the board for approval. 

The full show for Monday, Dec. 12, 2022:  Alex Stone, Will Kennedy, Delarian Wiggins, David Bear and Steven Barry.

Exactly two months from Monday, the Super Bowl will happen in the Phoenix area.  Nobody knows which teams will be in the game yet.  But deep inside the tunnels of the stadium police, firefighters, and federal agents are meeting to talk about possible terror attack scenarios on the big game and how they would respond.  From an active shooter to a plane crash they are working on their response amid heightened concerns about domestic and international terrorism.  Officials say there are no known credible threats to the game as of now.  Alex was on site as the teams met and shares the story about how they are planning to secure the Super Bowl. 

David Bear talks about the community can help turn around Warrington Middle School.

This afternoon, the Community Redevelopment Agency will vote on funding  $460,000 to support a Local Government Area of Opportunity application for Kupfrian Manor for Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s RFA 2022-201 Housing Credit Financing for Affordable Housing Developments located in Medium and Small Counties. Council President Delarian Wiggins has the details.

NorthEscambia.com reports Escambia County is resoliciting bids for a company to high-speed internet to North Escambia businesses and homes. The Board of County Commissioners had approved into a memorandum of understanding with Escambia River Electric Cooperative to provide it within their electric franchise area - about 4,000 homes and businesses.Cox Communications filed a formal protest against the award. It had proposed to provide the service to only about  2,500 homes north of 10 Mile Road.County Commissioner Steven Barry explains the process.

Baltimore native Pete Shinnick, who guided the University of West Florida (UWF) to a Division II national championship in 2019 and playoff appearances in four of the last five seasons played, has been named Towson University's Head Football Coach.  The son of former Baltimore Colts linebacker is 159-67 (.704 winning percentage) all-time as a college head coach, spanning 20 seasons with stops at West Florida, UNC Pembroke and Azusa Pacific. He has earned Division II National Coach of the Year twice.I asked Will Kennedy what made Coach Shinnick special.