Pensacola Episode Of ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ Airs Tonight On Food Network
August 27, 2017
An episode of the Food Network reality TV competition show “The Great Food Truck Race” filmed in Pensacola last May will air tonight on the Food Network.
For lunch aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Commanding Officer Capt. Christopher Martin helped the show’s host, Tyler Florence, announce the winning team as decided by 50 service members who acted as judges in a taste testing.
Then it was off to downtown Pensacola for the competitors, who are vying to win their food truck plus $50,000. Several trucks set up at the Pensacola City Hall, while others found vending location along the Palafox Street area.
The Great Food Truck Race episode “Battle for the South: New Marching Orders” airs at 8 p.m. on the Food Network.
Wahoos Drop Three Straight
August 27, 2017
Mississippi Braves Kolby Allard proved why, although he just turned 20 Aug. 13, scouting services consider him the top pitching prospect in the Atlanta organization and the top lefty in the minor leagues.
Allard shutout Pensacola in his season-high seven innings and struck out nine as Mississippi won the opener of the five-game series, 5-0, Saturday at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Atlanta’s first pick in the 2015 draft did it in front of Pensacola’s 15th sellout crowd of 5,038.
It was the third straight loss for Pensacola and the 14th time it has been shutout this season.
Blue Wahoos manager Pat Kelly said Allard looked “very impressive.” Pensacola failed to get a runner to second base against him or in the game. All six Blue Wahoos hits were singles.
“The last two times we’ve seen him this season, he’s been really good,” Kelly said. “He’s the best left-hander in the Southern League.”
Meanwhile, Pensacola’s current ace Deck McGuire, a first round pick in 2010, struggled in his sixth attempt to reach a career-high 10 wins, getting chased from the game in the fifth inning.
The 6-foot-6 righty allowed four runs on three walks and six hits, including a homer and four doubles, in 4.2 innings — his second shortest outing in 25 starts this season.
It was abnormal for the 28-year-old right hander whose record in 13 starts at home entering Saturday’s game was 6-3. Plus, he had only given up 18 earned runs in 81 innings for a 2.00 ERA.
The only bright spot for McGuire is he now holds the Pensacola franchise records for innings pitched (162) and Ks (159). Both also lead the Southern League.
“He just didn’t have it tonight,” Kelly said. “We haven’t seen that many times.”
McGuire fell to 9-9 with a 2.78 ERA. Allard, who got seven of the nine outs between the fourth and sixth innings on Ks, improved to 7-11 with a 3.34 ERA.
Pensacola’s bullpen of Alex Powers, Zack Weiss and Tyler Rainey combined to throw 4.1 innings and allowed one run on two hits and two walks, while striking out 10. Rainey struck out the side in the ninth.
Mississippi scored first Saturday in the second inning when it loaded the bases on two walks and a single and Braves right fielder Tyler Neslony hit a deep sacrifice fly to centerfield that scored catcher Alex Jackson to go up, 1-0.
Braves shortstop Dylan Moore ripped a line drive over the right field wall into Hill-Kelly hill for a solo homer and 2-0 lead. Mississippi third baseman Austin Riley doubled on a liner into the left field corner and then with two outs first baseman Joey Meneses drove him to go ahead, 3-0 in the third inning.
The lead was extended to 4-0 in the fifth inning on back-to-back doubles by Mississippi left fielder Jared James and Moore.
Pensacola reliever Alex Powers gave up a two-out infield single deep in the hole to second base to Braves’ James that allowed Neslony to make it a, 5-0, game.
Pensacola won the first half guaranteeing the team a spot in the Southern Division playoffs. It was a Southern League record fourth straight half title, tying them with the Tennessee Smokies, which did it between 2009 and 2011.
In the second half, the Blue Wahoos are in fourth place at 28-33 with just nine games left this season. They are 68-63 overall.
A Texas Size Storm: Category 4 Harvey Makes Landfall (With Local Forecast)
August 26, 2017
Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 MAJOR HURRICANE across southeast Texas on Friday evening. Locally – Expect increased long period swell from Harvey will bring an increasing risk of rip currents lasting through at least the weekend for coastal Alabama and northwest Florida beaches. There is also the potential for heavy rain and severe weather next week, but this will be highly dependent on the eventual track of Harvey.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. North wind around 5 mph.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 84. East wind around 5 mph.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 70. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 84. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86.
Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86.
Harvey To Hit Texas As Major Hurricane, Our Local Forecast
August 25, 2017
Hurricane Harvey is forecast to become a MAJOR Hurricane before making landfall along the southeast Texas coast. While Harvey is forecast to move toward to the Texas Gulf Coast (well away from the local area), there will be still be impacts locally. Increased long period swell from Harvey will bring an increasing risk of rip currents starting on Friday and lasting through at least the weekend for coastal Alabama and northwest Florida beaches. There is also the potential for heavy rain and severe weather next week, but this will be highly dependent on the eventual track of Harvey.
The latest on Hurricane Harvey is in the graphic above, click to enlarge.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. East wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. West wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85.
Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87.
Summer Sun And Showers Today
August 24, 2017
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. North wind around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. North wind around 5 mph.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. East wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. East wind around 5 mph.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83.
Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86.
Quintette Pedestrian Accident Claims One Life; FHP Seeks Clues To Man’s Identity
August 24, 2017
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A pedestrian accident early Thursday morning in the Quintette area has claimed one life., and the Florida Highway Patrol is seeking the victim’s identify.
The accident happened on East Quintette Road just off Highway 95A about 2 a.m.
According to FHP, a 2007 Toyota Cruiser driven by Trenton Rhodes was traveling west on Quintette Road when he struck a white male pedestrian that for an unknown reason was in the west bound lane. The pedestrian was transported by Escambia County EMS to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola where he later passed away.
The victim’s identity is unknown, and he FHP is asking for the public’s help in identifying the man.
The victim was walking on Quintette Road at 2 a.m. and is described as a white male between the ages of 25-30. He had black hair and was wearing black jeans and tan work boots. He had white cell phone and white ear phones. Anyone that might know his identity is asked to call the FHP at (850) 484-5000 or email davidtodd@flhsmv.gov.
The Cantonment Station of Escambia Fire Rescue also responded to the accident.
What Do You Think? How Could Oil Spill Money Be Spent To Help Century?
August 24, 2017
The Town of Century is working on five project ideas to submit for possible funding from oil spill money through Triumph Gulf Coast…and they want to hear your ideas.
If you can’t make a planned meeting tonight, NorthEscambia.com is accepting ideas that we will present on your behalf. Email your ideas to news@northescambia.com or submit in the comment section below. It’s our effort to involve those in the governmental process that otherwise can’t attend the meeting.
The Century Town Council decided Monday night to hold a joint workshop with the Century Area Chamber of Commerce at 6:00 tonight to received project ideas from the chamber and the public. The council will then hold a special meeting at 7:00 p.m. to vote on five projects to submit to the county for possible funding.
Activities eligible for funding include ad valorem tax rate reductions, workforce skill development, local funding match requirements, public infrastructure projects, equipment and personnel for local disaster action plans, promotion of tourism and workforce and educational career development programs.
Editor’s note: Only serious ideas meeting basic criteria will be presented by NorthEscambia.com during the council’s public comment period. We can’t guarantee that every submitted idea will be presented, as our time may be limited by the council. The meetings are open to the public, and any member of the public may attend the meeting and present their ideas subject to council rules.
Partly Sunny, Scattered Storms
August 23, 2017
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 70.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 82.
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85.
Former State Sen. Greg Evers Killed In Car Crash
August 22, 2017
Former State Senator Greg Evers was killed in single vehicle accident near Baker in Okaloosa County. He was 62.
Authorities said he ran off Griffith Mill Road near Baker sometime late Monday. He apparently missed a curve and his car was found submerged in a creek.
“On behalf of the family of former state Sen. Greg Evers, it is with great sadness that we announce his passing,” spokeswoman Sarah Bascom said in a prepared statement. “The family asks for your prayers as they deal with this sudden loss.”
Bascom said the accident occurred near Baker, where Evers, 62, had a farm. She said funeral arrangements would be announced later.
Read more: Greg Evers Remembered As Champion For Florida, North Escambia
Pictured: Former State Sen. Greg Evers was killed when he ran off Griffith Mill Road near Baker on Monday. The accident was discovered on Tuesday. Photos courtesy WEAR 3 for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Deputies Nab Burglary Suspect In Bratt
August 22, 2017
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office nabbed a burglary suspect Monday night in Bratt.
Deputies were responding to a reported burglary in progress at a home on West Highway 4 near Northview High School in Bratt when they spotted 33-year old Stoney T. Mason about 10:20 p.m.. He was taken into custody in a ditch directly adjacent to the highway.
He had reportedly tried to enter a home through a back door while the occupants were at home.
Mason was charged with second degree felony burglary of an occupied structure, according to jail records. He was being held in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $10,000.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
