A Monday night house fire claimed one life in Cantonment.
The fire was reported just after 8 p.m. on Arena Road, about a quarter of a mile west of County Road 97.
The house was involved with heavy fire when firefighters arrived a few moments later, and the adult victim was located inside the brick home. There [...]

Volunteers are needed Friday morning in Century to paint and prep the Born Learning STEAM Trail in Century.
The Born Learning Trail, a United Way Worldwide initiative since 2005, first opened in Century in late 2020, but the trail’s paint has since faded away. The trail is a series of 10 signs with activities painted on [...]

Fire destroyed a mobile home on Well Line Road in Cantonment on Monday afternoon.

The fire was reported about 3 p.m. in the 400 block of Well Line Road, just west of Morris Avenue.
The structure was fully involved and had collapsed before it was reported to Escambia County Fire Rescue. It was not immediately clear if [...]

By the time the Aggies won Friday night, Tate softball’s annual Strike Out Cancer Game was near an incredible $300,000 raised in the fight against cancer over the past 16 years.
“It’s not about y’all,” Wyatt said to the teams Friday night. “We are just providing some entertainment. It’s about all of these survivors that are courageous [...]

Temporary lane closures and detours on West Roberts Road that will continue into the summer are scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
A portion of West Roberts Road between Stallion Road and Highway 29 will experience temporary lane closures with detours beginning Tuesday, April 7 while crews install new stormwater culvert crossings beneath the roadway.
Work will be completed [...]

A woman has been charged in connection with a stabbing early Saturday morning in Flomaton. Sicely Odom, 32, was booked into the Escambia County (AL) Detention Center on a charge of domestic violence first degree.
Around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, the Flomaton Police Department responded to a reported domestic disturbance on Lender Street, off Alley 5 on [...]

Worshipers gathered for sunrise services across Escambia County on Easter Sunday morning.
The largest sunrise service in Escambia County was the Marcus Pointe Baptist Church Community Sonrise Service at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
For more photos, click here.
The services were to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, an important event to the faithful.
According to the Bible:
Matthew 28:1-20
Resurrection Morning
1 [...]

One person was injured in a destructive crash Saturday afternoon involving a pickup truck, two food trucks, and several other vehicles.
Around 1:20 p.m., the driver of a silver Dodge Ram pickup driven by a 46-year-old Flomaton man rear-ended a Chevrolet Silverado northbound on Highway 95A behind the Speed Mart on Highway 29 at Tate School [...]

Fire destroyed a shed and vehicles on Saturday afternoon in the Quintette community, but Escambia County Fire Rescue worked feverishly to save an adjacent home.
The fire was reported around 4:15 p.m. in the 2300 block of Welcome Road, just south of West Quintette Road.
The homemade shed was a complete loss, along with an unknown number [...]

Fire destroyed a large barn near Enon on Friday night.
Fire departments from Cantonment to Poarch, Alabama, responded to the blaze around 9 p.m. in the 4400 block of Highway 97A, about seven miles southwest of Walnut Hill.
Firefighters arrived to find the approximately 3,900 square foot barn fully involved. Multiple small explosions were reported due to [...]

The Town of Century is installing bat houses throughout the town to provide a safe habitat for local bats, which have been causing issues and risking damage to municipal equipment.
Earlier this year, students in the Northview High School Building Construction Academy constructed 30 bat boxes for the town.
On Thursday, Gibbs Equipment of Cantonment installed donated [...]

The University of West Florida announced in a press conference on Thursday morning that it will be transitioning its athletics programs to the NCAA Division I level. Beginning in Fall 2026, UWF will compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference as a full multi-sport member and the United Athletic Conference as a football-playing member.
“Our transition to [...]

The annual financial audit for the Town of Century has finally been completed for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. The newly released audit was due to the State of Florida by June 30, 2025, and had not been received and posted online by the Florida Auditor General as of April 1, 2026.
The report, [...]