One Final Tease From Cold Weather: Low 40s For Tonight
April 21, 2021
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. High near 76. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Tate Baseball Celebrates Senior Night With Win Over Washington, Honors Memory Of Sean Banks
April 21, 2021
The Tate Aggies celebrated Senior Night with a 13-4 win over Washington High Tuesday.
Before the game the Aggies honored the memory of Sean Banks, who was killed in a January 2019 wreck. Banks would have graduated with the Tate Class of 2021. Sean’s mother, Davisa Banks, was presented with flowers as were the other senior moms, and she stood in Sean’s place in a senior player photo.
Other seniors honored Tuesday night were: Dalton Bowen, Jadon Fryman, Dylan Godwin, Jordan Jarman, Zak Licastro, Joseph Pusateri and Tanner Rouchon.
For a Tate Baseball Senior Night and game action photo gallery, click here.
Pictured above: Tate High School baseball seniors (L-R) Jordan Jarman, Joseph Pusateri, Dalton Bowen, Zak Licastro, Davis Banks honoring the memory of her late son Sean Banks, Dylan Godwin, Jadon Fryman and Tanner Rouchon. Pictured below: Tate defeated Washington Tuesday. NorthEscambia.com photos by Laura Glodfelter, click to enlarge.
Want A Goat? Sheriff Chip Simmons Will Sell You One Thursday
April 21, 2021
Need a goat? Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons will be happy to sell you one.
In March, the goat was found wandering in the area of Quail Hollow Boulevard north of Nine Mile Road. A deputy gave the goat a ride to the sheriff’s office where it was fed and given a “place to crash”, according to the EcSO. No one claimed the goat.
The goat will be sold to the highest bidder at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 22 in a sheriff’s livestock sale. The sale will be held at Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Substation at 5844 North Highway 29 in Molino.
For more information, call (850) 436- 9477.
Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Sacred Heart Adds New COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Dates
April 21, 2021
Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart will offer additional opportunities to get the COVID-19 vaccine on April 26 and April 27 in the gym at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ascension Sacred Heart added the two vaccination clinics in anticipation that more clinics might be needed to offset the government’s pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
- On April 26, Ascension Sacred Heart will provide up to 800 doses of the Moderna vaccine to Florida residents 18 and older.
- On April 27, the clinic at Olive Baptist Church will provide up to 800 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to anyone 16 and older.
Online appointments can be made at www.GetSacredHeartCare.com. The clinics will offer either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, which require two shots about 3-4 weeks apart.
Escambia Records 37 New COVID-19 Cases
April 21, 2021
THIS IS AN ARCHIVED STORY. SEE NORTHESCAMBIA.COM FOR THE LATEST DATA.
There were 37 new COVID-19 cases in Escambia County reported by the Florida Department of Health on Tuesday.
Here is the latest data:
Escambia County cases:
Total cases: 35,509 (+37)
Non-Florida residents: 3,662
Recovered: 33,232*
Total deaths: 675
Long-term care facility deaths: 281
Current hospitalizations: 30 (+5)
Number of tests reported last day: 486
Percent positive reported last day: 6.7%
Percent positive reported last week: 6.0%
Escambia County cases by location*:
Pensacola: 26,534 (+35)
Cantonment: 3,188 (+2)
Century: 1,175
—-including 774 Century prison inmates
Molino: 489
McDavid: 211
Bellview: 57
Walnut Hill: 54 (+1)
Perdido Key: 21
Gonzalez: 13
Santa Rosa County cases:
Total cases: 18,005 (+9)
Non-Florida residents: 243
Total deaths: 283 (+1)
Long-term care facility deaths: 81
Cumulative Hospitalizations: 882*
Number of tests reported last day: 208
Percent positive reported last day: 3.8%
Santa Rosa County cases by location*:
Milton: 8,586 (+5)
Navarre: 3,716 (+2)
Gulf Breeze: 3,328 (+1)
Pace: 1,455
Jay: 549
Bagdad: 32
Florida cases:
Total cases: 2,178,783
Florida residents: 2,137,862
Deaths: 34,533
Hospitalizations: 88,521
*“Hospitalizations” in the statewide and Santa Rosa County totals is a count of all laboratory confirmed cases in which an inpatient hospitalization occurred at any time during the course of illness. Most of these people are longer be hospitalized. The FDOH does not provide a count of patients currently hospitalized. The Escambia County number is current data compiled each day from the local hospitals.
**On cases by location, the city is based upon zip code and is not always received as part of the initial notification. There may be a delay in reporting locations, and locations will not total the daily case increase as a result.
***The Florida Department of Health does not have a clear standard or definition of “recovered” and does not report a number of recovered individuals. Escambia County is reporting an approximate recovery number defined as the total cases prior to last month, minus deaths. In other words, anyone that tested positive more than a month ago is presumed to have recovered by Escambia County.
**Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, local hospitals.
10,000 Pound Food Giveaway This Afternoon At Carver Park In Cantonment
April 20, 2021
The Cantonment Improvement Committee will hold a 10,000 pound food distribution today at Carver Park, 208 Webb Street.
The food distribution will begin at 3:30 p.m. and continue while supplies last for anyone in need of food. Line up on Webb Street facing north; food will be loaded into vehicles. The event will take place rain or shine.
Pictured: A previous 10,000 pound food giveaway at Carver Park in Cantonment. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Century Council Forced To Cancel Meeting After Three Members Are No Shows
April 20, 2021
The Century Town Council was unable to conduct business Monday night after three members skipped their meeting.
Council president Luis Gomez, Jr. and Seat One member Dynette Lewis were present Monday night, but three members must be present for a quorum. James Smith, Jr. Leonard White and Sandra McMurray-Jackson were not present. No reason was given for their absences, but NorthEscambia.com later learned that Jackson was ill.
“I apologize when the public and the press has more initiative to come out then the council,” Gomez said. “There’s nothing I can do. Everybody is an adult, you know. I can’t make anybody do anything, but I am going to address it.”
The council was set to consider several important issues Monday night, including franchise fee increases for Gulf Power and Escambia River Electric Cooperative, new members and meetings for the Charter Review Committee, consideration of two new employees recommended by the mayor, repairs to a town owned building in the industrial park, paying bills and other items.
Gomez and Lewis did allow a few members of the public to speak before the meeting was adjourned.
In early April, only Gomez and Smith attended meeting in which the council was to sit at the Community Redevelopment Agency, leading to a cancellation of that meeting. White and Jackson also missed the April 5 council meeting.
Pictured: Luis Gomez, Jr. and Dynette Lewis were the only council members to attend a Monday night meeting of the Century Town Council. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Beulah Publix Set To Open April 28
April 20, 2021
The new Publix in Beulah will open on April 28, and it will be the first supermarket in the fast growing area.
The Publix Nine Mile Crossing store at 8684 Beulah Road is 48,387 square feet. It will feature standard departments including bakery, deli, produce, seafood, meats, cheeses and floral. The store will have a drive thru pharmacy and in-store pickup will be available.
Nine Mile Crossing has space for nine other tenants, with just one of those spaces still available. The names of the tenants have not yet been announced.
Pictured: A look back at the construction of the new Publix in Beulah as seen on September 6, 2020. NorthEscambia.com photos.
Clear, Low In The Low 50s Tonight
April 20, 2021
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 51. West wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. High near 76. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Escambia (AL) Corrections Officer Charged After Allegedly Smuggling Spice, Meth Into Jail
April 20, 2021
A now former Escambia County (AL) correctional officer was arrested by local and federal authorities after allegedly smuggling drugs in the county jail.
Bethany Whiting, 36, was arrested by Escambia County (AL) Sheriff’s Office investigators and the FBI for an ethics violation of using a position for personal gain. She is accused of smuggling both spice and methamphetamine into the Escambia County (AL) Detention Center in Brewton while she was employed as a correctional officer, according to Sheriff Heath Jackson.
Investigators said Whiting collected money from an inmate in exchange for bringing the narcotics into the detention center.
Whiting resigned her position during the investigation. She was released from jail on a $100,000 bond.
“We will continue to hold our employees accountable and prosecute anyone who decides to tarnish the badge that most of us so proudly wear,” Jackson said. “We refuse to let a few bad apples spoil the bunch and will continue to make an example out of anyone who breaches the public’s trust.”