Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 08: September

January 4, 2009

NorthEscambia.com is looking back at 2008 with our “Year in Review” series. Each day, we will review the biggest stories of 2008. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories of September 2008.

In late September, two  people died in a murder-suicide inside an Atmore Dirt Cheap store. NorthEscambia.com was on the scene with live updates (pictured above). Read more and see the photos…

NorthEscambia.com ran a story with photos of two escaped Alabama prisoners here. The inmates were captured a few days later in Pensacola. After a Walnut Hill resident saw the inmates’ photos on NorthEscambia.com, he realized that he had given them a ride in Walnut Hill. Read more…

In early September, Hurricane Gustav was approaching the Gulf Coast. NorthEscambia.com had complete hour by hour coverage and photos, including photos of evacuation traffic on I-65 in Atmore. Read more… The passage of Gustav led to an increase in gas prices. Read more…

Crews from Escambia River Electric and Gulf Power packed up and headed to Louisiana to help restore power to the millions of customers in the dark following Gustav. Read more…

The Town of Century was ready to approved a budget, but they learned they had to find a quarter million dollars fast. Read more… Century also filed foreclosure proceedings against Helicopter Technologies. Read more…

The Northview Chiefs were ready for the football season, with “Meet the Chiefs”. Read more… The season got off to a bad start, with Catholic beating the Chiefs 48-0. Read more…

The letter “B” was for “Benny’s Bar-B-Q” at Carver/Century K-8 School as the faculty and staff were honored for their part in improving the school’s state grade from an “F” to a “B”. Read more…

The unification of Escambia County’s volunteer fire departments was on schedule to be completed by October 1, and county officials offered assurances that departments in North Escambia would continue their long standing traditions of service. Read more… County leaders presented the same message to members of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department. Read more..

Some of the most beautiful women in North Escambia posed for “glamour shots” in Century, and we had the photos…

The Town of Century finalized their budget for next year, keeping bonuses and cost of living salary increases for employees, changing insurance plans and cutting funding for several of the town’s non-profits. Read more…

Driver’s license services were cut from Century, and the tax collector’s hours were cut back to just three days per week. Read more…

On September 11, we headed back to September 11, 2001, when Mayor Freddie McCall of Century and his son were flying. The day ended with federal authorities holding their plane. Read more…

A Friday night wreck in Molino injured six people, all with non-life threatening injuries. Read more…

The Century Town Council was looking at options for bringing code enforcement back to the town, and they sat down with the county’s top code enforcement official to discuss options. Read more…

Robert Stewart has retired after 30 years of service as a volunteer fireman in Bratt and Walnut Hill, the last 15 of those years as chief of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department. He retired to spend more time with his “Little Man” and to fight cancer. Read more… The Escambia County Commission honored Stewart with a proclamation. Read more…

The discovery of rodent droppings, slime in the ice machine, food at an improper temperature and other violations led to the temporary closure of a popular Molino restaurant by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, but the restaurant’s owner said the inspector’s report was not as bad as it sounds. Read more…

There was a lot of clowning around at the Century Branch Library with a big fun day. Read more..

Chris Brown was named as the new chief of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department. Read more…

We took a look at the Tri-City Rotaries Club and the work the club is doing locally and around the world to make a difference. Read more…

A Molino man was found guilty of killing his infant daughter. The one-year old died after receiving severe burns from a bath. Read more….

The annual See You At Pole rally was held at Northview High School. Read more…

The Escambia County Commission approved the final plan to unify the county’s fire departments effective October 1. Read more…

Grover Barnes, Jr. of Century died in an early morning Beulah wreck. Read more…

The Town of Century approved their $3.15 million budget. Read more…

We ran “Cool Pics of a Hot Tree”. More….

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