NAS Pensacola To Allow Public Access For One Day On June 4
May 19, 2022
After months of planning and coordination, Naval Air Station Pensacola will allow a one-day public access to the installation on Saturday, June 4.
This one-time access was selected for June 4 to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Midway, a pivotal battle of World War II that occurred from June 4 – 7, 1942.
Public access to NAS Pensacola on June 4 will be available from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. through the West Gate only on Blue Angel Parkway. All guests 18 and older must have a valid picture ID such as driver’s license or passport. Access will be available dependent on available parking at the museum and lighthouse. Once parking is full, public access will be halted until more parking becomes available. Temporary traffic control points will be located on base to prevent public access to other areas of the installation.
While on the installation, the public will be able to visit the Pensacola Lighthouse and the National Naval Aviation Museum. Fort Barrancas will not be accessible to the public. Access to Barrancas National Cemetery is always available to anyone with family in the cemetery through the Visitor Control Center at the main gate.
The following restrictions will apply:
- No weapons (firearms/knives) allowed (to include concealed weapon permit holders)
- No backpacks/coolers allowed (diaper bags or medically required bags are acceptable and subject to search)
- No alcoholic beverages allowed
- No drones allowed (countermeasures will be taken)
- Persons with felony convictions are not authorized base access
- All vehicles and visitors are subject to security searches and background checks
NAS Pensacola has been closed to the public since a terrorist attack on December 6, 2019.
Music Suite At Ransom Middle Named For Late Band Director Janie Newbold Walker
May 19, 2022
The music suite at Ransom Middle School has been named the “Janie Newbold Walker Music Suite”.
She was honored this week by the Escambia County School Board, with a board resolution accepted by her husband Chris Walker, son Andrew Walker and mother Kathy Newbold on behalf of her family.
Walker passed away in May 2021 at the age of 47 after complications from surgery.
Walker started her teaching career in the fall of 1997 when she became the band director at UMS Wright Preparatory School in Mobile. While living in Mobile, she played in the Mobile Pops Orchestra.
In the fall of 1999, Walker moved back to Pensacola and became the band director at Ransom Middle School. During her time at Ransom, her symphonic and jazz bands received consistent superior ratings at District Music Performance Assessments, and she had 18 students selected for participation in Florida all state bands. She also served as guest conductor for Middle School Honor Bands in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. She was selected as the Ransom Middle School Teacher of the Year for the 2020-2021 school year.
She was born March 26, 1974, in Pensacola and attended Cordova Park Elementary, Workman Middle School, and Washington High School. Walker and her family were active members of First Baptist Church in Pensacola where she was baptized and married and she served as a Children’s Camp Counselor. She also played the trumpet in the church orchestra.
Following graduation from high school in 1992 with honors, she attended the University of Alabama where she received a Bachelor of Music Education in 1997. While at Alabama she was a member of the Million Dollar Band, Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Quota Brass Quintet and Mu Phi Epsilon. Walker and her future husband, Chris Walker, met at Alabama and they were both members of the Million Dollar Band.
Several of Walker’s former students are in teaching positions at middle school and high school band programs in the Florida Panhandle, and several former students are professional musicians.
Walker began her career with the Escambia County School District in 1999. She service in multiple capacities including Ransom Middle School band director and music department chair, lead middle school band director for the Escambia County Fine Arts Department, and guest conductor for middle school honor bands in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties.
She was posthumously awarded the Oliver Hobbs Award by the Florida Bandmasters Association. which recognizes FBA members who have consistently done an exceptional job year after year in the position of band director.
Escaped State Work Release Inmate Captured
May 19, 2022
A state work release inmate that escaped from custody May 4 in Escambia County was captured about 6 p.m. Wednesday in Santa Rosa County.
Anthony Ray Barnes was taken into custody on West Lake Road near Milton by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Violent Fugitive Task Force, Criminal Apprehension Team and Narcotics unit.
Barnes was observed fleeing a residence on West Lake Road as deputies were executing a warrant. K-9 units tracked Barnes and he was taken into custody without incident, according to Sgt. Rich Aloy, SRSO public information officer.
Barnes is facing additional charges of escape, property damage, and criminal mischief. He was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond.
Barnes has an extensive arrest record with multiple felony charges including battery, drug violations, and burglary. At the time of his escape, he was serving time for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and fleeing and eluding from Santa Rosa County.
On May 4, he was assigned to L30 Traffic Services to hold traffic signs in the area of Mobile Highway and Boulder Street..
He checked in with a Florida Department of Corrections correctional officer at 2:04 p.m. that day. Then at 6:37 p.m. it was discovered Barnes had removed his ankle monitor and left the state’s work-release program. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office was asked to assist in the search for Barnes at 9 p.m.
Here’s The Schedule And Video Links For Escambia County Graduations
May 19, 2022
Graduations are scheduled for Friday through Thursday at the Pensacola Bay Center for Escambia County schools.
The schedule and live video links are below.
Friday, May 20
11 a.m. — Escambia Westgate
Tuesday, May 24
9 a.m. — District Extended
Wednesday, May 25
9 a.m. — Pine Forest High
12:15 p.m. — West Florida High
3:15 p.m. — Northview High
6:30 p.m. — Tate High
Thursday, May 26
9 a.m. — Pensacola High
12:15 p.m. — Escambia High
3:15 p.m. — Escambia Virtual, Success Academy, and George Stone
6:30 p.m. — Washington High
Reimagine Event Is Saturday With Free Food, Free Clothes, Free Lunch And Much More
May 19, 2022
An outreach will be held Saturday in Bellview to help those in need.
Reimagine Belview will be held from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Bellview Middle School. There will be free food, free lunch, free diapers, free clothing, bounce houses, free bike giveaways, free haircuts, free laundry detergent, fishing lessons and more.
Bellview Middle School is located at 6201 Mobile Highway.
Pictured: Reimage Cantonment last October at Carver Park. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Fallen Escambia County Deputies Honored (With Gallery)
May 19, 2022
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office held the annual memorial ceremony Wednesday to honor deputies killed in the line of duty.
The families and friends of those who were remembered gathered to place a rose on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office memorial.
New K-9’s are now named for fallen officers.
Those honored were:
- Sheriff A. Cary Ellis – January 1, 1923
- Constable Mallory Williams – May 4, 1941
- DS Joseph Elmer Whitworth – April 22, 1954
- Constable WM. “Clint” Rigby – September 4, 1955
- Patrolman Roland Davis, Sr. – September 24, 1955
- DS Len B. Adams – June 16, 1958
- DS Joseph Mallory Gassman – January 30, 1966
- DS Charles Leroy Wilkerson – January 19, 1974
- DS Morley “Buddy” Ray – April 7, 1978
- DS Floyd “Doug” Heist – May 3, 1980
- CPL. Eric Byron Streeter – March 11, 1984
- DS Donald Ray Cook – December 3, 1988
- DS Sgt. Dennis Mathis – July 27, 1989
- Sgt, Roosevelt Walker, Jr. – May 22, 1998
- Lt. George Hura, Jr. – May 4, 2004
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Tate Aggies Spring Game Is Friday Versus W.S. Neal
May 19, 2022
Are you ready for some Aggies football?
The Tate High School Aggies will host the W.S. Neal Eagles Friday night in a spring game.
Gates open at 5 p.m., and the Showband marches in at 6 p.m. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Pete Gindl Stadium.
There will be three food trucks to choose from.
Admission is $7, and parking is $2.
Tickets must be purchased on GoFan.
Blue Wahoos Cruise To Seventh Consecutive Win
May 19, 2022
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos didn’t let a pair of off days disrupt their winning streak, as they defeated the Montgomery Biscuits 7-1 on Wednesday night for their seventh win in a row.
Cody Mincey (W, 3-1) received his third straight winning decision, allowing only one run on six hits over 5.0 innings.
Montgomery, playing with only 20 players on their active roster after Tuesday’s game was postponed due to health and safety protocols, got length out of starter Zack Trageton (L, 0-2). The righty pitched into the sixth inning, though a persistent effort from the Blue Wahoos offense kept the momentum on Pensacola’s side.
In the third inning, the Blue Wahoos scored three runs to take an early lead. J.D. Orr reached on a bunt single in his 2022 Double-A debut, then scored on a Luis Aviles Jr. RBI single. José Devers, also newly added to the Pensacola roster, lined a double to right-center before Griffin Conine brought home a run with an RBI groundout. With runners at the corners, Paul McIntosh broke from first and got in a rundown to allow Devers to score from third and give the Blue Wahoos a 3-0 advantage.
Aviles hit a solo homer, his fourth of the year, in the fifth inning. Cobie Fletcher-Vance hit an RBI single in the sixth, and McIntosh brought home a pair of insurance runs with a double in the ninth.
Mincey handed things off to the Pensacola bullpen in the sixth, and Anthony Maldonado, Jefry Yan and Josh Simpson combined to strike out 10 Montgomery batters over 4.0 scoreless innings. For Simpson, his 18.2 consecutive scoreless innings marks the longest active streak in the minors.
The Blue Wahoos have now won seven in a row, their longest streak since 2018, and lead the South Division by 2.5 games after Biloxi’s loss to Mississippi.
The Blue Wahoos continue their series against the Montgomery Biscuits on Thursday.
by Erik Bremer, Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Driver Crashes Into Navy Federal Branch On Nine Mile Road
May 18, 2022
A driver crashed into the Navy Federal Branch on Nine Mile Road next to the Walmart Neighborhood Market Wednesday morning.
The vehicle went partially through a window and door into the front of the building at 1531 East Nine Mile Road. The driver was not injured.
The credit union was not open at the time of the incident.
Escambia Fire Rescue and Escambia County EMS responded, and the Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.
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Man Charged With Child Abuse, Battery After Victims Escape In Byrneville, ECSO Says
May 18, 2022
A Flomaton man was arrested this week on charges related to an incident last December.
Zachery Sean Satterwhite, 29, was charged with child abuse domestic violence, battery domestic violence and grand theft of a motor vehicle.
On December 15, 2021, two witnesses told Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies that they observed a white female who appeared to be beaten jump from a Chevrolet Tahoe. The victim was crying with blood on her face and clothes. She told deputies that Satterwhite had been drinking and forced her to leave her home in Flomaton by threatening to harm a child, an arrest report states.
Satterwhite then allegedly drove her vehicle into Florida and began to hit in the face in the area of West Highway 4 and Byrneville Road. Satterwhite then struck the child in his head despite the victim’s attempt to shield him, ECSO said. She was able to exit the vehicle before Satterwhite drove off, the report continues.
Deputies noted the victim has swelling to her face and lip, and minor lacerations on her face. The child had swelling on the side of his head, and blood on his person and clothing, deputies said.
He is being held in the Escambia County Jail without bond for failure to appear on May 2021 Florida Highway Patrol charges of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, giving a false name to law enforcement and driving with a revoked license.
The stolen vehicle was recovered by the Atmore Police Department on December 16, 2021, after it was found stuck in a field on Robinsonville Road, and Satterwhite fled in another vehicle, according to police. Jail records indicate he was charged with attempting to elude, possession of a controlled substance, receiving stolen property and possession of drug paraphernalia by Alabama authorities.