Flash Flood Warning
September 4, 2012
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for…
northern Escambia County in northwest Florida…
northwestern Santa Rosa County in northwest Florida…
southwestern Conecuh County in south central Alabama…
western Escambia County in south central Alabama…
southwestern Monroe County in south central Alabama…
north central Baldwin County in southwest Alabama…
southeastern Clarke County in southwest Alabama…
* until 930 PM CDT
* at 327 PM CDT…very heavy rainfall was indicated over the
warned area and radar estimates show 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rainfall
has occurred over the past hour. An additional 1 to 2 inches is
possible before mid evening. This will likely cause flash
flooding in the warned area.
* Locations impacted include…
Poarch creek reservation… Flomaton…
century… i65 and CR 47… i65 and al 287…
Uriah… Megargel… i65 and CR 6…
i65 and al 41…
Precautionary/preparedness actions…
A Flash Flood Warning means flooding is imminent or occurring. Seek
higher ground immediately. Do not drive or walk into areas where
water crosses a Road. Turn around – don’t drown!
Keep The Umbrella Handy; Flash Flood Watch Issued
September 4, 2012
There is a flash flood watch in effect for today
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Today: Showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Southwest winds around 5 mph becoming 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
- Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning…then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy in the evening becoming partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Friday: Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
- Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Driver Found Dead After Beulah Crash
September 4, 2012
The driver of a pickup truck was found dead Sunday afternoon after a wreck in Beulah.
The vehicle was discovered in a wooded area on Mobile Highway at Bridlewood Road about 4:15 p.m. Emergency personnel said the accident had happened sometime earlier in the day.
Henry Shirley Davis, age 76 of Robertsdale, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash.
The Beulah Station of Escambia Fire Rescue, Escambia County EMS and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the crash.
Flomaton Man Convicted Of Davisville Burglary (With Crime Video)
September 4, 2012
A Flomaton man has been convicted of the June burglary at a Davisville convenience store, but he won’t be headed to jail for the crime.
Curtis Charles Black, 29, was charged with burglary, petit theft and criminal mischief property damage. He was sentenced to three years probation for burglary, and time served for petit theft and criminal mischief property damage. He will also be required to write a letter of apology for the crime.
The entire June 7 burglary at the Korner Kwik Stop (BP) on Highway 97 in Davisville was caught on video, and it was that video posted on NorthEscambia.com that first led deputies to Black as their suspect only a few hours after the crime.
An anonymous tipster saw the video and told deputies that they recognized Black from the video — and the Facebook page where a photo of the getaway vehicle was posted. Later, fingerprints recovered at the scene also fingered Black as the suspect.
The video shows Black busting out the window of the store about 9:20 p.m., just after the store closed at 9 p.m.
- To watch the survellience video, click here.
- For a photo gallery showing the burglary and the investigation, click here.
The video shows Black arriving in a light colored extended cab pickup truck with an emblem over the front windshield. He parks in front of the store and spends several minutes in the truck. Black then exits and takes a hammer to break out the window. He also tried unsuccessfully to break out the door glass. He then jumps through the broken window, rummages around behind the counter and tosses cigarettes and rolls of coins outside. Black also tries unsuccessfully to push buttons in order to open the cash register…all while leaving fingerprints behind.
While inside the store, he is seen using what appears to be towel in his hand in attempt not to leave fingerprints, but he often forgets to cover his hands.
At one point, a towel slips off his head showing most of his face on the video.
An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office crime scene technician recovered blood samples from broken glass and removed multiple fingerprints from the scene.
NorthEscambia.com and courtesy photos, click to enlarge.
Jay Library Closing This Week For Renovations
September 4, 2012
The Jay Library will be closed from this Thursday, September 6 through Saturday, September 16 for renovation.
Other Santa Rosa County libraries in Milton, Pace, Gulf Breeze and Navarre will remain open during the period.
No materials will be due at the Jay Library during the time the library is closed. Library officials request that no materials be returned to the Jay Library during the closure period.
The Jay Library at 5259 Booker Lane will reopen on Monday, September 17 at 9 a.m. and resume regular hours.
Century Council To Hold Workshops, Meetings
September 4, 2012
The Town of Century will hold a series of meetings this afternoon and a special workshop on Thursday.
At 5:30 p.m., a Citizens Advisory Task Force will hold a meeting to discuss submitting an application for a Community Development Block Grant.
At 6 p.m., the council will hold a workshop to discuss a Community Development Block Grant housing assistance plan.
At 7 p.m., the council will hold their regular first meeting of the month, rescheduled from Monday due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday.
On Thursday, the council will hold a Fourth Budget Workshop at 3 p.m. to finalize the town’s fiscal year 2012-2013 budget.
All meetings and workshops are open to the public and will be held at the Century Town Haoo, 7995 North Century Boulevard.
Local Couple Attends Republican National Convention
September 4, 2012
At Atmore couple was among those representing Alabama at last week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Jeff and Jodi Peacock were both alternative delegates for GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
Alabama delegates to the GOP Convention heard from breakfast meeting speakers that included former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, RNC chairman Reince Priebus, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, GOP campaign guru Karl Rove and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Pictured top: Jeff and Jodi Peacock of Atmore at last week’s GOP Republican National Convention in Tampa. Pictured inset: Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to the Alabama delegation in Tampa. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
John A. Robinson
September 4, 2012
John A. Robinson, 50, of Cantonment, beloved husband of Marcia, father of Johnathon and Cecilia, brother of Cathy and Jill Robinson and Mary Ann (Thomas) Boatright, brother-in-law of Rita (Robert) Lanquist, Reba (Tony) Silva, Tonia (Howard) Poltt, and Dean Collins, as well as many nieces and nephews, passed away suddenly early Sunday morning, September 2, 2012. John was employed at Ascend as a chemical operator and was a member of its fire department.
Services will be held at Faith Chapel North, Friday, September 7, at 12:30 p.m.
Visitation will be Thursday, September 6, from 5 -7 p.m., beginning with the Rosary at 5:00 p.m.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of the arrangements.
Geraldine Killam Campbell
September 4, 2012
Mrs. Geraldine Killam Campbell, 81, passed away on Monday, September 3, 2012, in Century.
Mrs. Campbell was a native and resident of Century and a former longtime resident of Bratt. She attended the Atmore Baptist Temple. Mrs. Campbell was a former employee of Vanity Fair and a Tupperware manager for years. She owned and operated New Beginnings Bible Book Store. She was a faithful Christian wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Mrs. Campbell is preceded in death by her husband of 51 years Winfred “Peanut” Killam; son, Terry Killam; parents, Olen and Evelyn Gilley; brother, Donnie Gilley; two sweet babies; a granddaughter and a great granddaughter.
Survivors include her husband of seven years, Bruce Campbell of Century; one son, Gavin (Barbara) Killam of Birmingham; one stepson, Ronnie (Ann) Campbell and family of Tupelo, MS; two daughters, Gleda (Jerry) McElhaney of Bratt and Tara (Burton) Wiggins of Elberta; one daughter-in-law, Brenda Killam of Century; a sister, Dorothy (Billy) Johnson of Perdido, AL; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces andnephews.
Funeral services will be Thursday, September 6, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Doug Odom and Joe Lee officiating.
Burial will follow at the Godwin Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, September 5, 2012, from 6-9 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Chad Wiggins, Wesley Wiggins, Kyle Wiggins, Chris McElhaney, Dale Killam , Steven Knighten, Marvin Middleton and David Jurey.
Focus Now Turns To Democrats, Obama In Charlotte
September 4, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As Democrats gather here this week to officially nominate President Barack Obama for a second term, their national convention is expected to have a strikingly different tone than last week’s Republican celebration.
In Tampa last week, GOP speakers and nominee Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, tried to use their nationally-broadcast platform to remind voters of the struggling economy and give them a reason to reverse course in hopes of turning things around.
By contrast, Democrats are expected to try to make the case that Republican policies were responsible for the financial crisis that sparked the Great Recession to begin with, and that Obama has things headed in the right direction and deserves a chance to see things through.
That case might already have been made more difficult when Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, told CBS’ Bob Schieffer this weekend that Americans weren’t better off than they were four years ago.
The convention is also expected to have less of a Florida feel than its Republican counterpart, in part because the GOP confab was held in Tampa and in part because there are fewer Democratic statewide elected officials than Republicans in Florida.
But Democrats will be keeping an eye on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, whose seat has turned into one of several the party hopes will allow it to hold onto its Senate majority. And former Gov. Charlie Crist, who bolted the Republican Party in 2010 and endorsed Obama in an op-ed piece in the Tampa Bay Times last week, is reportedly scheduled to address the convention.
State delegates are also expected to begin sizing up potential gubernatorial candidates for 2014, when Democrats hope Gov. Rick Scott’s dismal approval ratings will give them a chance to win the Governor’s Mansion for the first time since Lawton Chiles was elected in 1994.
Florida, however, will still be center stage. Republicans have conceded that a win for Romney in the electoral college becomes an almost impossible task if Obama carries Florida, and the president’s path to 270 electoral votes is also far easier with the state than without it.
That helps explain why Florida Republicans were chosen to deliver some of the more pointed criticisms of Obama from the podium in Tampa, criticisms that Obama will have to trump this week.
“Hope and change has become divide and conquer,” said U.S. Sen Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who was chosen to introduce Romney before his acceptance speech.
Perhaps ironically, the Obama campaign could try to focus more attention on the president’s foreign policy, a weak point when he ran against U.S. Sen John McCain, a Vietnam veteran, in 2008.
In his weekly address, Obama gave hints of how he might try to thread the needle between highlighting foreign policy achievements — the killing of Osama bin Laden, the end of the war in Iraq, the NATO operation that toppled Muammar Gaddhafi and the winding down of the war in Afghanistan — while projecting a forward-looking message about the next four years.
“As we turn the page on a decade of war, it’s time to do some nation-building here at home,” Obama said. “ … It’s time to build a nation that lives up to the ideals that so many Americans have fought for — a nation where they can realize the dream they sacrificed to protect.”
Still, the Obama campaign has signaled that it will not necessarily let up on its efforts to paint Romney as a political chameleon focused on helping the wealthy.
“The goal of our convention is to bring the choice in this election into sharp focus,” deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said on a conference call last week.
But the campaign also hopes to make a potentially tricky case: That while even Democrats admit that the pace of the recovery is not as fast as it perhaps should be, Obama’s policies have paid off in helping to save the automobile industry and extend health care to millions of Americans.
“The country’s gone through a difficult period together, but we’ve made a difference,” said David Axelrod, one of the campaign’s chief strategists.
And Cutter noted that the 12 million jobs Romney promised to create in his speech to the convention matched the current Congressional Budget Office projections for job growth anyway.
“That wasn’t exactly bold leadership,” she said.