A Cantonment landlord was arrested for trying to run over one of his tenants and the keying the vehicle of another.
Roy Bracken, 62, was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and felony criminal mischief with property damage.
The first victim told deputies that Bracken, her landlord, came to her trailer and began yelling [...]

When Welding Instructor Danny Cain hands certificates to Escambia County Road Prison inmates who have completed the welding program at the prison, it’s not unusual to see tears begin to run down their cheeks.
The certificates inmates earn while incarcerated are much more than just pieces of paper – for many, they represent [...]

A Flomaton man was pronounced deceased after a mobile home fire Tuesday afternoon.
The unresponsive man was pulled from the mobile home in the 1400 block of Roosevelt Street, at the corner of Titi Street, and transported by Escambia County EMS to Jay Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The exact cause of the man’s death [...]

A Cantonment man has been arrested for the sexual abuse of a young female relative.
Albert Lee Allen, 64, was charged with sexual assault on a victim 12-18 years old and incest., both felony charges. He was released from the Escambia County Jail at a $55,000 bond.
The female juvenile told investigators that she had been sexually [...]

The Powerball jackpot has rolled 18 times, since the June 14, drawing, resulting in an estimated $430 million for Wednesday night’s drawing; the largest in the nation.
“The excitement is growing statewide and across the nation,” said Florida Lottery Secretary Jim Poppell. “This POWERBALL jackpot is not only a life-changing opportunity for [...]

For the first time in decades, a new historic marker is set to be erected in North Escambia.
The marker will be installed on public right of way near the corner of Jefferson and Front streets in Century. It will commemorate the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District.
According to the planned text for the marker, the [...]

Where will you child be during next week’s solar eclipse?
If they are a student in the Escambia County School District, they will be indoors unless a specific set of guidelines released by the district are met.
On Monday, August 21, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in Escambia County between 11:30 a.m.. and 3:15 p.m. [...]

A vehicle reported stolen in Alabama was found torched a short time later on a Florida dirt road Saturday night.
The Nissan Armada was found abandoned and completely  destroyed by fire about 10:15 p.m in a remote area on Camp Road about a mile south of Bratt Road and the Escambia County Road Department North Camp. [...]

Drivers will encounter a new traffic pattern on I-10 eastbound near the Highway 29 exit beginning Sunday night. The wider bridge and travel lanes will open, removing the eastbound left merge lane onto I-10 from U.S. 29 south. Motorists will encounter intermittent lane closures between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. as crews [...]

UPDATE: Victims have been identified by Flomaton Police Chief Bryan Davis as husband and wife Timothy Adams, age 50, and Susan Adams, age 61, both of 1455 College Street in Flomaton, the address where their bodies were found Saturday afternoon.
A double homicide investigation is underway after two people were found shot to death inside a [...]

A driver refused medical treatment after a single vehicle crash early Saturday morning.
A passerby noticed the wrecked vehicle in the front yard of a home in the 2000 block of Old Chemstrand Road about 12:45 a.m. Saturday.
The accident remains under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.

Escambia County is set to approve a settlement next week with a Cantonment man injured in a 2015 traffic crash caused by a tire that fell out of the cargo area of a county truck.
Daniel Cain was driving a jeep and trailer east on on Muscogee Road near Beulah Road on April 21, 2015.
At [...]

The Escambia County School District unveiled a new app on Friday, giving students’ families to new way access information from a smartphone.
The primary purpose for the ECSD Families App is to make the Focus Parent Portal information system easily available and portable, as well as put district news and announcements into the hands of parents. [...]

A Santa Rosa County daycare owner will spend the rest of her life in prison after being convicted of the first-degree murder of a toddler
In October 2014, 58-year old Thelma Lowery called 911 from her home daycare, Lowery’s Little Angels, in Milton to report that 15-month old Brodie Kent had been put down for a [...]