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Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 2009: October

January 4, 2010

NorthEscambia.com is looking back at 2009 with our “Year in Review” series. Each day, we will review the biggest stories of 2009. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories of October 2009.

The Northview High School Chiefs picked up a big win against Sneeds on Senior Night. The Silver Wings parachute team was due to parachute the game ball into the stadium prior the game, but weather forced a cancellation.

On the last Friday night of October, a 13-year old girl reported that she was the victim of a home invasion in Molino. The middle school student was cut multiple times on her hands in an apparent attempt to fight off her attacker as she was pinned on a bed but she was not otherwise injured.

The Northview Lady Chiefs lost to the Baker Gators in the District 1-1A volleyball tournament finals in Bratt, but the Lady Chiefs will have one more shot at advancing in the state tournament.

Six more people — including at least one animal control worker — were exposed to rabies following an incident with a rabid cat in the McDavid area.

Christina Rae Rivkin was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison for the June death of a Pensacola man riding his bicycle to work so that his wife could use the family’s only car.

When just over 100 World War II veterans headed to Washington Wednesday on the Fifth Annual Emerald Coast Honor Flight so that the veterans could see the World War II Memorial — their memorial — NorthEscambia.com gave veteran Billy Ward of Walnut Hill a camera. We asked him to take pictures during his day and share them with you, our readers.

In a battle of rivals, the Northview Chiefs beat the Jay Royals 28-27, and it was a nail-biter down to the last seconds.

The Town of Century started the application process for a $140,000 grant to improve drainage in an area south of the old Century High School.

The Town of Century’s accountant predicts that the new fiscal year will be a good one financially for the town. “It looks better this year than this time last year,” Robert Hudson, Century’s accountant, said. He predicted that by the middle the of the budget year, which started October 1, “I think our incomes will wind up being a little more than we budgeted.”

Students at Molino Park Elementary School took a grand field trip to the faraway world of Egypt, thanks to Pensacola non-profit organization called The Global Corner International Learning Center.

You don’t need a driver’s license to drive an Army tank, and drill sergeants don’t really yell at recruits. Those were just a couple of the interesting answers to equally interesting questions as students at Ernest Ward Middle School met with an Army recruiter.

An Escambia County, Alabama, man died from the H1N1 virus.

Two Century residents that own a horse related business were arrested Thursday on animal cruelty charges after starving horses were found on their property.

NorthEscambia.com was named the “Best Local Blog” in the ninth annual Pensacola Independent newspaper’s Best of the Coast issue.

Barrineau Park Road closed near Jacks Branch Road for bridge repair.

Camping fees at Lake Stone were increased by the Escambia County Commission.

An Escambia County woman was charged with leaving her three young children home alone for two days with nothing to eat except six cups of Jello. One child, an 18-month old girl, was found dead in a trashcan at the woman’s home.

The final bills were submitted for the addition of modular classrooms at Bratt Elementary and Ernest Ward Middle schools — $1,026,214. That bottom line was almost $43,000 over the school district’s original budget.

An $858,713.05 project by Roads Inc. of NWF, completely resurfaced Molino Road from Highway 29 to Highway 99, a distance of just over five miles.

Wanted murder suspect Bruce Edward Day was taken into custody in the Atmore area. A massive manhunt in Pensacola failed to locate Day, wanted for a 2001 Nokomis murder in which authorities have never found a body.

The Escambia County Consolidation Study Commission held a meeting in Century, but only a handful of residents attended.

Thousands from the across the area packed the annual Jay Peanut Festival.

Northview High School beat Baker 34-14 for Homecoming win.

Kassandra Lett was named as Northview High School’s 2009 Homecoming Queen. First runner up was Erica Rendell; second runner up was Amber McMillan.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under FEATURE TOP STORY, Features, News