Author : Andrew McKay
CDC DRAMATICALLY REDUCES LAST WEEK’S OMICRON VARIANT PREVALENCE PROJECTIONS DOWN FROM 73% TO 22%; SAYS IT’S NOW LIKELY AROUND 59%
CDC DRAMATICALLY REDUCES LAST WEEK’S OMICRON VARIANT PREVALENCE PROJECTIONS DOWN FROM 73% TO 22%; SAYS IT’S NOW LIKELY AROUND 59% By Andrew McKay Last week,...
EXCLUSIVE: ESCAMBIA COUNTY CUTS $60K IN ANNUAL AD REVENUE FROM PNJ; MOVES NOTICES TO ESCAMBIA SUN PRESS; BERGOSH CELEBRATES SWITCH By Andrew McKay 11/10/21 Escambia...
10/13/21 – Dave Piech, Santa Rosa Commission Chairman D4
Andrew and Commissioner Piech recap yesterday’s Commission Meeting: Westgate Road becoming an access point for a new development Woodbine Road $2 million phase 1 capacity...
WHERE ARE FIREWORKS LEGAL ON THE 4TH OF JULY IN FLORIDA?
UPDATE/CORRECTION: ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALSO HAS A PROHIBITION ORDINANCE Contrary to my original post, it has now come to my attention that Escambia County (50-1 (c)...
COVID-19: HOW BAD IS THE COUNTRY DOING RIGHT NOW, REALLY?
By Andrew McKay 11/01/20 If you watch, read, or listen to the news, you will have undoubtedly heard various forms of dire warning about how...
DO STATEWIDE MASK ORDERS WORK?
By Andrew McKay 08/27/20 OVERVIEW: Like many conservatives, I find myself very conflicted about mask orders or mandates. On the one hand, I believe in...
WILL THE REAL TEST POSITIVE RATE PLEASE STAND UP?
By Andrew McKay 07/20/20 Preface 1: If you take only one lesson away from this article, I want it to be that the test positivity...
UNDERSTANDING THE COVID-19 RISKS: MORTALITY RATES BY AGE IN FLORIDA
Andrew McKay 07/15/20 From the beginning of this pandemic, one of the most unusual features of this virus is the way it discriminates so vividly...
UNDERSTANDING THE RECENT REPORTS OF INACCURATE FDOH COVID-19 TEST RESULT DATA
Andrew McKay 07/15/20 Several days ago, a Twitter user put out the allegation that the FDOH test numbers are wrong because many of the labs...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BLUE ANGEL #8 LCDR ADAM KERRICK
By Andrew McKay US Navy Blue Angel #8 (Events Coordinator) Lieutenant Commander Adam Kerrick tells NewsRadio: BEACH SHOW: The Pensacola Beach Show was cancelled out...
EXCLUSIVE: INTERIOR SECRETARY OPEN TO SAVING FORT PICKENS ROAD; DISCUSSES OFFSHORE DRILLING
By Andrew McKay 06/17/20 Visiting Pensacola for the first time today, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt tells NewsRadio he is here to see what sort of...
PROTEST ORGANIZER SAYS THEY ARE STAYING AT CURRENT LOCATION; IT’S OKAY TO PAINT OVER SOME OF THE BRIDGE NOW; THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE BOATERS; THEY DO WANT MONUMENT REMOVED
By Andrew McKay 06/10/20 Caleb Houston, one of the two primary organizers of the Graffiti Bridge protests, tells NewsRadio that despite Mayor Grover Robinson’s urging...
PENSACOLA POLICE CHIEF: EGG FEST WILL FEED GRAFFITI BRIDGE PROTESTERS; CONDEMNS “MURDER” OF GEORGE FLOYD; IS TRAINING OFFICERS TO INTERVENE; WANTS ROUTINE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR OFFICERS
By Andrew McKay 06/04/20 Pensacola Police Chief Tommi Lyter tells NewsRadio that Pensacola EggFest (and others) approached him to ask if they could feed the...
FLORIDA RELEASES FIRST BATCH OF ANTIBODY TEST RESULTS; VERY FEW PEOPLE IN STATE LIKELY IMMUNE
By Andrew McKay 05/31/20 The Florida Department of Health has finally released the first batch of antibody test results, and it’s mostly bad news. In...
MALCOLM THOMAS CALLS CDC SCHOOL GUIDELINES “RIDICULOUS;” PLEDGES GRADUATION CEREMONIES WILL HAPPEN
Andrew McKay 05/22/20 Escambia Superintendent Malcolm Thomas does not think the CDC guidelines issued this week for reopening schools are anywhere close to functional. The...
MALCOLM THOMAS: NOT RETURNING TO PHYSICAL SCHOOLS IN THE FALL WOULD BE “TRAUMATIC”
Andrew McKay 04/29/20 Podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/user-772158496/escambia-superintendent-malcolm-thomas-on-covid-19-school-implications GEORGE STONE At one of last week’s Florida Task Force meetings, Education Secretary Richard Corcoran raised the issue that...
SANTA ROSA SUPERINTENDENT OPEN TO USING VIRTUAL LEARNING PERMANENTLY FOR SOME STUDENTS
Andrew McKay 04/16/20 During a conversation about the current functionality and future viability of remote instruction for Santa Rosa County students, Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick expressed...
COVID-19 ANALYSIS: WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING
Andrew McKay 03/19/20 If it seems like the response to this virus has dramatically changed in the last few days, you are not wrong. The...
CRACKDOWN COMING ON ESCAMBIA HOMESTEAD VIOLATORS
Andrew McKay 02/28/20 Escambia Property Appraiser Chris Jones is working with Tax Collector Scott Lunsford and local governments to implement an aggressive new plan to...
MATT GAETZ TAKES NO-PAC PLEDGE AT CPAC; CHALLENGES FELLOW REPUBLICANS TO DO SAME
Andrew McKay 02/27/20 Taking the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Congressman Matt Gaetz launched into a tirade against special interest political donors and...
ESCAMBIA CONSIDERING SCOOTERS ON PENSACOLA BEACH
Andrew McKay 02/19/20 UPDATE/CORRECTION: The public hearing on e-scooters had been scheduled for March 5th. Today’s vote will reschedule the public hearing for June 4th....
SUN BELT CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT LIKELY COMING TO PENSACOLA; NEW SCOREBOARD AND WIFI FOR BAY CENTER PART OF THE DEAL
Andrew McKay 02/07/20 Last night, the Escambia County Commission unanimously approved the deal put together by several local organizations to bring the Sun Belt Conference’s...
GULF BREEZE FAMILY DONATES $5,000 FOR NEW SHADE STRUCTURE AT SPLASH PAD
Andrew McKay 02/05/20 At Monday night’s Gulf Breeze City Council meeting, the Council voted to accept $5,000 from Bill and Jill Lee for the construction...
PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE VISITS DOWN 82% IN JANUARY; PROPOSED “ENCLAVE” ACCESS PLAN COULD MAKE THEM “A NON-PUBLIC INSTITUTION”
Andrew McKay 01/30/20 Yesterday, we reported that visits to the National Naval Aviation Museum are off about 50% due to the Base access restrictions put...