Teens: Enjoy Free Pizza And Books At The Molino Library
March 15, 2016
A “Pizza and Books” program will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Molino Branch Library.
Teens 13-17 are invited to “geek-out” on both at this book club designed to focus on their favorite reads. The library will provide the free pizza, and the teens will pick the books.
The Molino Branch Library is located at 6450-A Highway 95A in the Molino Community Complex.
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Election Day Tips
March 15, 2016
Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford today offered Escambia County voters some tips to prepare for Election Day, Tuesday, March 15:
- Confirm the location of your polling place. It is listed on your sample ballot, voter information card, EscambiaVotes.com, or call 595-3900.
- If you are unsure of your registration status, check EscambiaVotes.com, e-mail us at soe@escambiavotes.com, or call 595-3900.
- If you need to update your address, contact us so you can be directed to your proper polling location.
- Photo and signature ID is required for all voters – if you do not present an approved form of ID, you may vote a provisional ballot.
- Be sure to review your sample ballot prior in order to familiarize yourself with all of the contests and bring it with you to the polls. A sample ballot was mailed to all eligible voters, and you can view your sample ballot online at EscambiaVotes.com.
- Florida is a closed primary state. Only registered Republicans and Democrats are eligible for this election.
- Remember to make only one selection per contest on your ballot.
- Registration books closed on February 16 – new registrations and party changes for this election may not be made at the polls.
- You may not return your voted absentee ballot to your precinct on Election Day – it must be returned to the Elections Office by 7 p.m.
- If you requested an absentee ballot but chose not to return it and wish to vote at your polling place instead, please bring your ballot with you so it can be cancelled.
- Early voting ended Saturday – if you have not yet voted or did not request an absentee ballot by March 9, you must go to your designated precinct on Election Day.
- Busiest times at the polls tend to be 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m., during lunch, and 4:30 p.m. until the polls close at 7:00 p.m.
For further information, please contact us by phone at (850) 595-3900, e-mail us at soe@escambiavotes.com or visit EscambiaVotes.com.
High School Cheerleaders Honored At FCA Banquet
March 15, 2016
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes Spirit of Champions awards were presented Monday night at a banquet hosted by the First Baptist Church of Pensacola. Cheerleaders and dance team members from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties recognized were:
Pensacola High Cheerleading – Ya’China Dixon
Jay High Cheerleading – Leslie Kinder
Catholic High Cheerldeading – Serena Bruder
Catholic School Dance – Macy Calvasina
Milton High Cheerleading – Amy Fulmer
Northview High Cheerleading – Hannah Nelson
Pine Forest High Cheerleading – Kamryn McGinty
West Florida School Cheerleading– Charlyn Murdy
East Hill Christian Cheerleading - Sara Dominey
Escambia High High Cheerleading – Ricora Jones
Gulf Breeze High Cheerleading – Pepper Rice
Picture top: Fellowship of Christian Athletes Spirit of Champions award winners Monday night at the First baptist Church of Pensacola. (Note: Photo was submitted in black and white.) Pictured inset: Hanna Nelson, FCA winner from Northview High School. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Sunny And Warm Today
March 15, 2016
Here is your official NorthEscambia area forecast:
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. West wind around 5 mph.
Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.
Friday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. East wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Tate Wins Their First Game Of The Annual Aggie Classic
March 15, 2016
The annual Aggie Classic is underway with 24 teams from five states and is spread across six different play sites in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
“The Aggie Classic continues to be one of the best high school tournaments in the country. This year we have drawn 18 teams from Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Florida, not including our six host site teams.” said Greg Blackmon, Head Coach for Tate High School. “The commitment by our community and our Boosters to put on an event of this magnitude is huge. I am truly thankful for everyone’s assistance. The venues for the games have expanded and are the best diamonds in our area. We are looking forward to a great week of competition.”
Tate 7, Morris (OK) 3
The Tate Aggies won their first game 7-3 over Morris, OK, in the annual Aggie Classic Monday night.
Madison Lockman earned the win for Tate, allowing one run, striking out four, walking two and giving up four hits over four innings.
The Aggies took an early one-up lead in bottom of the first on a Cole Halfacre single that sent Mason Land across home plate. Tate had a four-run second inning with scores on a three-run error and an RBI single from Branden Fryman.
Mason Land 1-3, 3R; Branden Fryman 1-3, RBI; Cole Halfacre 1-4, RBI; Logan Blackmon 1-2; Logan McGuffey 1-3, R; Josh Kea Kea 1-2, Dbl, 2R.
West Florida 6, Pryor, OK 3
Coweta, OK 9, Escambia 4
Milton 3, Union, OK 2
Gulf Breeze 11, Edmond North, OK 10 (9 innings)
Shawnee, OK 3 Chiles, FL 8
El Reno, OK 4, Next Level, AL 2
Second Baptist, TX 3, Jenks, OK 10
Stillwater, OK 15, Emery/Weiner 8
Washington, OK 1, Christ Presbyterian, TN 11
Piedmont, OK 4. Maryville, TN 2
SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY
At Tate High School
4 p.m. – Jenks (OK) vs. Chiles
7 p.m. – Muskogee (OK) vs. Tate
At Milton High School
4 p.m. – Morris (OK) vs. Next Level Baseball (AL)
7 p.m. – Coweta (OK) vs. Milton
At Gulf Breeze
4 p.m. – Union (OK) vs. Second Baptist (TX)
7 p.m. – El Reno(OK) vs. Gulf Breeze
At Escambia
4 p.m. – Edmond North (OK) vs. Emery/Weiner (TX)
7 p.m. – Pryor (OK) vs. Escambia
At West Florida High
4 p.m. – Piedmont (OK) vs. Leon
7 p.m. – Washington (OK) vs. West Florida
At Woodham Middle
4 p.m. – Shawnee (OK) vs. Christ Presbyterian (TN)
7 p.m. – Stillwater (OK) vs. Maryville (TN)
New Voting Location In McDavid, Other Precincts
March 15, 2016
One North Escambia precinct has a new voting location today, as do a handful of others in the Pensacola area.
Precinct 18 has been moved from the McDavid Volunteer Fire Department to the Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church, 140 W. Bogia Road, McDavid.
Other precinct changes are as follows:
Precincts # 30 & 97
Old Precinct Location:
First Assembly of God, 4301 Bayou Boulevard, Pensacola
New Precinct Location:Vickrey Resource Center, 2130 Summit Boulevard, Pensacola
Precinct # 69
Old Precinct Location:
First Baptist Church of Ensley, 50 W. Johnson Avenue, Pensacola
New Precinct Location:
St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 219 E. Johnson Avenue, Pensacola
Precinct # 73
Old Precinct Location:
Liberty Church, 2221 S. Blue Angel Parkway, Pensacola
New Precinct Location:
Jim C. Bailey Middle School, 4110 Bauer Road, Pensacola
Precinct # 83
Old Precinct Location:
Warrington Assembly of God Church, 901 Wayne Avenue, Pensacola
New Precinct Location:
First Baptist Church of Warrington, 105 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola
All voters impacted by a precinct change were notified by mail with a map to the new polling location. The new polling location information was also included on the sample ballots mailed to voters.
Local Unemployment Rate Increasing
March 15, 2016
The latest job numbers released Monday show the unemployment level increasing in the three-county North Escambia area
Escambia County’s seasonably adjusted unemployment rate increased from 5.0 percent in December to 5.3 percent in January. There were 7,410 people reported unemployed during the period. One year ago, unemployment in Escambia County was 6.3 percent.
Santa Rosa County unemployment increased from 4.4 percent to 4.7 percent from December to January.. Santa Rosa County had a total of 3,476 persons still unemployed. The year-ago unemployment rate in Santa Rosa County was 5.2 percent.
In Escambia County, Alabama, unemployment increased from 6.8 percent in December to 7.3 percent in December. That represented 1,044 people unemployed in the county during the month. One year ago, the unemployment rate in Escambia County, Alabama, was 7.2 percent.
Florida’s vunemployment rate was 5 percent in January, down from a revised 5.1 percent in December. Both the December and November rates were initially announced at 5 percent before being adjusted to 5.1 percent. The January jobless rate represents 492,000 Floridians being out of work from a labor force of 9.76 million. The state’s unemployment mark, which a year ago was at 5.7 percent, sits just behind the national mark of 4.9 percent.
Alabama’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, at 6.2 percent in January, was down from December’s rate of 6.3 percent and was above the year-ago rate of 6.0 percent.
The jobless numbers released by Florida and Alabama do not include persons that have given up on finding a job and are no longer reported as unemployed.
The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.
Emergency Teams Regain Control Of Holman Prison After Stabbings
March 15, 2016
The Alabama Department of Corrections sent three Correctional Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to the William C. Holman Correctional Facility on Monday in response to an inmate-on-inmate stabbing.’
For more information from Gov. Robert Bentley’s visit to the prison Tuesday morning, click here.
Officials report the assault happened at approximately 8:30 a.m. in a prison dormitory when an inmate assaulted another inmate with a makeshift weapon. Corrections officers responded to the incident and removed the victim from the dormitory. The inmate’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.
When officers tried to apprehend the suspect in the stabbing, they were met with resistance. Prisoners became aggressive and barricaded themselves inside the dorm. Officers secured all sections of the prison to prevent the inmates inside the dorm from entering other parts of the facility. Approximately 70 inmates were the dorm at this time of the incident. Inmates had attempted to gain control of the same dormitory on Friday, with the prison regaining control the following morning.
In response to Monday’s disturbance, the CERT entered and regained control of the dorm at approximately 2:45 p.m. The inmates responsible for Mondaday’s disturbance were detained and moved to segregation. The dormitory is again secured and the prison remains on lockdown. No additional injuries to officers or inmates were reported.
The lockdown limits the movement of inmates inside the prison, and officials have temporarily cancelled visitation. A CERT team will remain at the prison to assist corrections officers in maintaining order at the prison.
The corrections officer who was stabbed Friday night is recovering from his injuries. Warden Carter Davenport, who was also stabbed, reported to the prison on Sunday. The inmates who were involved in the weekend stabbings, and other inmates who took part in the disturbance, were being detained away from the prison’s general population
After the weekend disturbance ended, the CERT Teams searched the prison’s housing units and found 30 cellphones, makeshift knives and other contraband. It is not known at this time what prompted the disturbance. An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is expected to visit Holman Monday to meet with prison officials and tour the facility to get the latest information on the two disturbances in the past three days that have left three people with stab wounds.
Pictured top: Holman Prison in Atmore Picture below: Visitors to Holman Prison in Atmore were stopped at a guard gate along Highway 21 on Monday as the facility remained under lockdown. NorthEscambia.com photos.
Northview JV Beats Central
March 15, 2016
The Northview junior varsity baseball team defeated Central 9-3 on Monday night to improve to 9-1 on the season.
Both teams exchanged one run in the first inning and the Chiefs added one run in the second and third innings to take a 3-1 lead after three innings. The Chiefs then scored four runs in the fourth to go ahead 7-1. The Jaguars answered with one run in the bottom of the fourth. The Chiefs added two more insurance runs in the fifth to lead 9-2 after five innings. The Jaguars added one more run in the sixth inning.
Leading hitters for the Chiefs were MJ Jones (2-4, 2 R), Wesley Hardin (1-1, 2 RBI), Jason Fischer (1-1, R), Andrew Sharpless (1-1), Cade Allen (1-2, 3 R), John Chivington (1-3, 2 SB, R), Jackson Moore (1-4, 2B), and Heath Sheldt (1-4). Trevor Singleton and Sam Stott also added a run each for the Chiefs.
Trevor Singleton earned the win on the mound, throwing five innings and striking out six batters. Cade Allen threw one inning.
The Chiefs return to action Tuesday night at home against Baker, with JV playing at 4:00 and varsity at 6:00.
Pictured: The JV Northview Chiefs beat Central Monday night 9-3. Photos by Charity Sheldt for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Deputies Seek West Florida High Vandals
March 15, 2016
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the public’s help in identifying two people who vandalized West Florida High School sometime last Thursday. One suspect is seen on video placing a track hurdle outside a door to the school. Deputies found other track hurdles that had been placed around the property, including the roof. While on school grounds the duo also spray painted graffiti on buildings and sidewalks. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9630 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
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