Bicyclist Critically Injured In Crash With Pickup In Cottage Hill
April 13, 2025
An adult male bicyclist was critically injured in a crash Saturday afternoon in Cottage Hill.
The crash happened just before 5 p.m. on Crowndale Court. The bicyclist crashed into the side of a Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck that reportedly had pulled out from a private residence.
The 45-year-old male was airlifted by AirCare helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola as a trauma alert.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating and has not released further details.
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Photos: SEC Western Gate Soccer Showdown At Ashton Brosnaham Park
April 13, 2025
The top-ranked Southeastern Conference women’s soccer teams competed in the Western Gate Soccer Showdown at Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park off 10 Mile Road. It was the second year for the free event at the Escambia County Park.
The showdown will feature 45-minute matchups between the Florida Gators, Mississippi State Bulldogs, and LSU Tigers, and autograph sessions. Admission was free.
For a photo gallery from LSU vs. Mississippi State, click here.
The 2025 SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament will return to Escambia County November 2-9. The top 12 SEC women’s soccer teams will compete for the SEC Championship at Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park.
Pictured: LSU takes on Mississippi State Saturday afternoon at Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Park. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
WaWa In Beulah Will Open This Week
April 13, 2025
The new Wawa store in Beulah will open this week.
The new store at 5888 West Nine Mile Road, at the corner of Beulah Road, will open on Thursday. Festivities start at 7:45 a.m. with Wawa General Manager Matthew Peery doing the honors of counting down the moment when the doors open for the very first time at 8:00 a.m.
At 8:30 a.m., customers are invited to participate in a brief ceremony to celebrate the new store and the impacts it will have on the community. The program kicks off with an entertaining parade with Wawa associates. The ceremony concludes with Wawa’s signature Hoagies for Heroes competition between first responders and official ribbon cutting with mascot Wally Goose.
Wawa will give away free t-shirts to the first 100 customers, free samples of Wawa’s newest Dill Pickle Ranch sauce and Crispy Pickle Toppings on hoagies until 8:30 a.m. and free any size hot coffee through April 27th.
The Beulah location will be Wawa’s second location in Escambia County. The first opened on Boesch Lane, located at Ransley Station on Pine Forest Road just north of I-10.
Three more Wawa stores are currently planned for Escambia County:
- 6650 Pensacola Boulevard near W Street.
- 8503 North Davis Highway, near Johnson Avenue and HCA West Florida Hospital.
- 9262 West Highway 98 at Blue Angel Parkway.
Pictured: Work continued Saturday afternoon on a new Wawa Store that will open Thursday at the Nine Mile Road and Beulah Road intersection. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Lane Closures Planned Monday And Tuesday For I-10 Eastbound Near Highway 29
April 13, 2025
Driver will encounter I-10 eastbound outside lane closures between markers 9 and 10 near the Highway 29 exit Monday and Tuesday between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., according to the Florida Department of Transportation. Crews will place a low-profile barrier wall. Graphic for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Jay High’s Chase Dooley Wins Historic State Weightlifting Title
April 13, 2025
Jay High School’s Chase Dooley is now a Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) 1A state weightlifting champion. He claimed state titles in both the Traditional division with a total lift of 710 pounds and the Olympic division with 585 pounds.
Dooley’s victory Saturday in Lakeland marks the first state weightlifting championship in Jay High School history.
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Northview High 2025 Prom King And Queen Named
April 13, 2025
Lacey Sapp was named prom queen, and Dee Jefferson was named prom king at the Northview High School 2025 prom Saturday night.
The prom court was Noah Goslee, Mary Catherine Hughes, Lacey Sapp, Dee Jefferson, Beau Daw, and Colton Criswell.
The prom, “Golden Hour” was held at the Sanders Beach Resource Center in Pensacola.
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Clear, Middle 50s Tonight
April 13, 2025
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 54. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 48. Calm wind.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 84.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 85.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
Alderman’s Bombs Power Wahoos To 10-5 Win
April 13, 2025
This week for the Blue Wahoos outfielder Kemp Alderman had not gone so well.
He changed that Saturday in a huge way.
Alderman clouted two home runs, part of a four-hit night with five RBI, as the Blue Wahoos blasted the Montgomery Biscuits 10-5 on a fitting Fireworks Night for the home team that delighted a sellout crowd of 5,038 at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
“I was just trying to help the team win,” said Alderman, who entered the game with just two hits in 12 at-bats in this series. “Get pitches to hit and then just going out there, having fun, and play the game.”
Alderman, a former Ole Miss star who played a big role in the team’s 2022 College World Series championship, spent time Saturday working on a couple mechanical elements, trying to drive more pitches to the opposite field.
The extra work resulted in his first multi-homer game as a pro, both over the right field wall. It led to the Blue Wahoos scoring the most runs of their first eight games.
“It means a lot,” said Alderman, the Miami Marlins’ second round draft pick in 2023, who has risen to the No. 11 prospect in the organization by MLB Pipeline. “Working on it (Saturday), I had been pulling off the ball, so I tried to make an adjustment and it worked for me.”
His homers were among a combined six clubbed by the teams Saturday. That was a prelude to the post-game fireworks.
The win improved the Blue Wahoos to 6-2 and provided a chance to win the series against the Biscuits (4-3) in Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. finale that wraps up a nine-game, two team homestand to start the season.
The Blue Wahoos started Saturday in a big way.
The scored five runs in their first at-bat, highlighted by Alderman’s 3-run homer that landed just over the right field wall into the grass berm area. Jared Serna had led off the game by reaching on a strikeout that got past Biscuits catcher Ricardo Genoves. The second batter in the first inning, Joe Mack, was hit by a pitch.
Alderman then delivered the first of his two bombs. Later in the inning, third baseman Josh Zamora hit a two out homer over the left-center wall.
In the third inning, Alderman led off with another right field shot, this one high and inside the foul pole that left the ballpark. He then had a broken bat single in the fifth inning and followed with a run-scoring single in the seventh.
The Blue Wahoos then sent eight batters at the plate in the eighth inning, scoring three runs to blow open the game.
On the mound, starter Dax Fulton had his most successful outing since May 2023, before an elbow injury led to missing the rest of the that season and the entire 2024 season.
Fulton, a lefthander ranked as the Marlins’ No. 14 prospect, finished 5.1 innings, throwing 84 pitches to earn his first win in two years. He allowed just two walks, four strikeouts in a solid performance. Three relievers followed with closer Josh Ekness finishing the game with a strikeout on a 97 mph fastball.
Every Blue Wahoos batter reached base in this game. Zamora and Nathan Martorella both had two-hit games.
GAME NOTABLES
— With three more stolen bases, the Blue Wahoos now have swiped 16 bags. They entered the game second in the Southern League in that category.
— The National Anthem was performed by Brooke Woods.
— There were three Pensacola area youth baseball teams participating in on-field recognition and team members running onto the field with Blue Wahoos players for the starting line. The teams were the Cantonment Reds with 124 total guests, Perdido Baseball and the Bill Bond Warriors.
WANT TO GO?
WHAT: Blue Wahoos Homestand Finale
WHO: Montgomery Biscuits vs. Blue Wahoos
WHERE: Blue Wahoos Stadium
WHEN: Sunday, 1:05 p.m.
Clear And Cool Tonight, Sunny Sunday
April 12, 2025
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 46. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Escambia Schools Honor Outstanding Career Academies, Students, Teachers, and Partners
April 12, 2025
Escambia County Public Schools have honored the best of the best in the district’s career academies, including Tate High School, Beulah Middle School, and Escambia County Farm Bureau.
At an event this week, the district presented the following career academy honors:
ECPS AWARD RECIPIENTS:
- Middle School Student of the Year
Sophia Nunn, Digital Discoveries Academy, Beulah Middle School - Middle School Career Academy Teacher of the Year
Jessica Steele, Cyber-IT Academy, Bellview Middle School - Middle School Career Academy of the Year
Digital Discoveries Academy, Beulah Middle School - High School Career Academy Student of the Year
Caleb Murphy, Energy Academy, West Florida High School - High School Career Academy Scholar
Ryan Reid, Flight Academy, Escambia High School - High School Career Academy Student Intern of the Year
Bethany Gurley, New Media Academy, Pine Forest High School - High School Career Academy Teacher of the Year
Nancy Barger, Health Science Academy, Booker T. Washington High School - High School Career Academy of the Year
Game, Simulation and Animation Academy, Tate High School
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY PARTNER AWARDS:
- Agriculture Business/Industry Academy Partner Award
Escambia County Farm Bureau (Scott Cunningham, Chapter President) - Communication Business/Industry Academy Partner Award
UWF Communication Department (Christian Garman, Instructor) - Culinary Business/Industry Academy Partner Award
UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program (Jolynn Peoples, Nutrition Educator) - Electrical Business/Industry Academy Partner Award
Casey Electric (Roger Casey, Owner) - Multimedia Business/Industry Academy Partner Award
WEAR ABC 3 News, Pensacola (Jack Canavan, Studio Manager)
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