Northview Dance Team Celebrates Successful Year
April 22, 2016
The Northview High School Dance Team recently celebrated a successful year. Dance Team members are: (front, L-R) Shelby Bashore, Delaney Reynolds, Anna Belle Barberree, Jerni Crabtree, (back) sponsor Heather Leonard, Madison Sherouse, Bethany Reynolds, Savanna Roux and Leah Fischer. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Police Release Victim’s Name In Alabama-Florida State Line Suspicious Death
April 22, 2016
The Flomaton Police Department has released the name of a man found dead from a gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon.
He has been identified as 18-year old Kenneth Harris, Jr., of Flomaton. The death is still being classified as “suspicious”, according to Police Chief Bryan Davis.
About 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Flomaton Police Department received a 911 call that a person had been shot. Officers from the Flomaton Police Department and the Escambia County (FL) Sheriff’s Office responded to an address on Lender Street, off Alley 5, directly on the state line.
Officers arriving on the scene found Harris, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced deceased at the scene at Escambia County (FL) EMS.
Authorities determined the home was in Alabama based upon property tax records, and the Flomaton Police Department took the lead on the case.
Police Chief Bryan Davis said the the Flomaton Police Department along with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency State Bureau of Investigation are still conducting a death investigation.
Tate Wins District Championship
April 22, 2016
The Tate Aggies clinched the District 1-7A Championship with a 3-1 win over Pace Thursday night.
The game was scoreless for six innings, with Aggies going ahead in the seventh for three. The Patriots only score came on a wild pitch in the seventh.
Micheal Sherrill took the win in one inning, allowing one run, striking out none, walking none and giving up two hits.
Trace Penton was 1-2 with a run for Tate. Branden Fryman was 1-4, Logan Blackmon was 2-4, Josh Kea was 2-3 with a run, and Reid Halfacre also scored one run.
Both teams advance to the regional quarterfinals next Wednesday night at 7:00. Navarre will be at Tate, while Milton will host Pace.
Showers Then Clearing Today
April 22, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82.
Pickup Truck Driver Collides With Log Truck
April 22, 2016
A driver was critically injured in a collision with a log truck in Cantonment early Thursday morning.
The man’s pickup apparently hit the log truck on Highway 29 north of Muscogee Road about 5:00 a.m. The driver was transported to a Pensacola hospital by ambulance as a trauma alert. Further details have not been released by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Pictured above and below: A pickup truck driver collided with a log truck in Cantonment. Pictured top photo below: Logs entered the cab of the truck, note the stick in the driver’s seat. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Learn About Early North Escambia Railroads, Old 100
April 22, 2016
Residents are invited to learn how the early railroads drove work in North Escambia on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society Museum, 610 4th Street, Century.
Speakers Jerry Fischer and Russell Brown of the historical s0ciety will make a presentation and offe a tour of their museum including Old 100, a restored sawmill transport steam engine. This program is sponsored by the West Florida Public Libraries and the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society for “The Way We Worked” Exhibition.
The complimentary exhibit “The Way We Worked.” A Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, which celebrates the history of our nation’s diverse workers and industries on display at the Lillian F. King Museum in the Molino Community Complex, 6450 Highway 95-A North, until April 30. Viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekly, closed Sundays.
Admission is free.
Pictured: Old 100 in Century. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Shuckers Shutout Blue Wahoos
April 22, 2016
After winning its first two series against the Mississippi Braves and Jacksonville Suns, 4-1, and getting off to its hottest start in its five-year history, the Biloxi Shuckers turned the tables on the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
The Shuckers Tyrone Taylor hit a two-out home run to left center field in the third inning and its pitchers blanked the Blue Wahoos, 1-0, on five hits Thursday to win the series, 4-1, at MGM Park.
Pensacola lost its fourth game in a row despite pitcher Rookie Davis, who dropped to 2-1, throwing a seven-inning gem. Davis allowed just four hits, gave up no walks and struck out five. His ERA remains at one run per game.
Besides giving up the homer to Taylor, Biloxi threatened to score one other time. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Biloxi got its first two batters to second and third with one out when Brett Phillips was hit by a pitch and Jacob Nottingham singled to center. But Davis worked out of the jam by striking out the next two batters and getting a pop out to exit the inning unscathed.
Pensacola had runners on first and second with no outs in the fifth inning but Blue Wahoos third baseman Eric Jagielo grounded out into a double play to end Pensacola’s only viable threat to score in the game.
Wei-Chung Wang improved to 2-0 on the year by allowing just two hits, two walks and striking out five. Biloxi then used three relievers who spread out the Blue Wahoos other three hits over the last four innings.
Pensacola scored seven runs in its last four losses to Biloxi, which improved to 11-3 and is in first place in the Southern League South Division. Meanwhile, Pensacola dropped to 9-6 in second place 2.5 games back.
One offensive bright spot in the series was center fielder Beau Amaral, who went 1-4, and now has a six-game hitting streak. Batting .288, he was the Blue Wahoos best hitter against Biloxi, going 6-18 in the series (.333) with one home run, four RBIs, a triple and one run scored.
Starting pitchers Jackson Stephens and Davis have gone 6.2 and 7.0 innings, respectively, without giving up a walk.
Driver Trapped In Highway 97 Rollover, Power Cut To Molino
April 21, 2016
One person was injured in a single vehicle rollover crash on Highway 97 in Walnut Hill Thursday afternoon.
The driver of a pickup truck lost control for an unknown reason on Highway 97 north of Gibson Road, ran off the roadway, clipped a power pole and rolled the vehicle upside down into several trees. The driver was partially ejected from the pickup and trapped. Firefighters were forced to use the Jaws of Life to free the man from the overturned truck. He was transported by ambulance to a Pensacola hospital in unknown condition.
Gulf Power cut power to a large area of Molino temporarily so firefighters could safely rescue the man from the pickup.
The accident remains under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. Further details have not been released.
Pictured above and below: Firefighters use the Jaws of Life to free a driver following a crash on Highway 97 in Molino. The white sheet is protecting the occupant of of the truck from glass and debris. Pictured below: The accident trapped the driver and caused power to be cut for part of the Molino area. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Cantonment House Fire Under Investigation
April 21, 2016
An early morning house fire in Cantonment is under investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office. The fire was reported in a brick home about 2:35 a.m. in the 1200 block of Plata Canada Drive off Tate Road. All occupants were able to escape the home without injury. Photo by Jason Robbins. WEAR 3 for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
SBA Disaster Loan Centers In Century And Pensacola Close Today
April 21, 2016
Today is the last day for tornado victims in Century and Pensacola to apply in person for disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The loans available to business, non-profits, churches an individuals that suffered physical or economic losses as result of the EF-3 tornado on February 15 in the Century area or the Feburary 23 EF-3 tornado in the Pensacola area.
The Century Disaster Loan Outreach Center at the Century Business Center, 140 East Pond Street, and the Pensacola location at the West Florida Regional Planning Council office, 4081 East Olive Road, Suite A, will both be open from 8 a.m. until a final closing at 3 p.m.
While the outreach centers will close today, the deadline to apply for physical damage assistance is June 6; the deadline for economic injury assistance applications is January 9, 2017.
The types of loans available include:
- Business Physical Disaster Loans – Loans to businesses to repair or replace disaster-damaged property owned by the business, including real estate, inventories, supplies, machinery and equipment. Businesses of any size are eligible. Private, non-profit organizations such as charities, churches, private universities, etc., are also eligible.
- Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) – Working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period.
- Home Disaster Loans – Loans to homeowners or renters to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate and personal property, including automobiles.
Applicants must have a credit history acceptable to the SBA and the ability to repay all loans. Collateral is required for physical loss or economic injury disaster loans over $25,000. Loan terms range up to 30 years with interest rates from 1.813 to 6.25 percent.
The loans are also available in the contiguous Florida county of Santa Rosa and the contiguous Alabama counties of Escambia and Baldwin.