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Today: 100-Acre Burn Today At Ransom Middle School

If the weather cooperates today, the Florida Forest Service will conduct a 100 acre prescribed burn at Ransom Middle School.

After a recent wildfire caused smoke issues near the Cantonment school, the plan is to conduct a burn on county-owned property in order to reduce the risk of future wildfires, eliminate potential smoke issues and allow the school board to better utilize the field adjacent to the school.

Given the light fuel load of the area, the burn should only take a few hours and smoke is not expected to linger in the area afterward.

The Forest Service announced the burn twice during the Christmas school holidays, but weather forced a cancellation both times.

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Sunny Saturday, Warming With Rain Sunday And Monday

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.  Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Sunday Night A 30 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 49. East wind around 5 mph.
• Monday A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 67. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.
• Monday Night A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
• Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 56.
• Wednesday Night A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 42.
• Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
• Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
• Friday Sunny, with a high near 54.

Cold Temps Again Tonight

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Friday Night A 30 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Saturday Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 48. Wind chill values between 15 and 25 early. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Saturday Night Increasing clouds, with a low around 32. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 54. East wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday Night A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 48. East wind around 5 mph.
• Monday A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 67. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.
• Monday Night A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 49. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
• Tuesday A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.
• Wednesday A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 57.
• Wednesday Night A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 40.
• Thursday A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56.
• Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
• Friday Sunny, with a high near 54.

Traffic: Expect Delays Today On Highway 29 Near McDavid

Drivers on Highway 29 south of McDavid can expect delays today.

There will be intermittent land restrictions from 9 a.m. until noon as crews perform joint repair work on a bridge over Pine Barren Creek, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Cold Continues: Low 20’s Tonight

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Wind chill values between 20 and 30 early. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Wind chill values between 15 and 25 early. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 314. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. East wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday Night A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 5 mph.
• Monday A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 62.
• Monday Night A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
• Tuesday A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63.
• Tuesday Night A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
• Wednesday A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.

Hard Freeze Tonight, Lows In The Teens

A hard freeze is expected for Wednesday night with lows dropping into the teens. Wind chills will likely be in the single digits all the way to coast.

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Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
• Thursday Sunny, with a high near 39. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Wind chill values between 15 and 25 early. North wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. East wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday Night A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 5 mph.
• Monday A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 62.
• Monday Night A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
• Tuesday A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63.
• Tuesday Night A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
• Wednesday A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.

Blood Drive Thursday At Ascend Performance Materials

A blood drive will be held from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday at Ascend Performance Materials in Gonzalez.

Local needs are for O Negative, B Negative, A Negative and platelet donors for accidents, surgeries, cancer treatments and newborns.  Persons can donate at age 16 with guardian consent. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in generally good health and have a picture identification.. Donors will receive a wellness check, cholesterol screening and a gift of appreciation.

Bestselling Author Workshops: Preparing Children For Success

The Escambia County School District is sponsoring three identical parental involvement workshops this month with  world-renowned educational consultant.

The workshops, “Preparing Children for Success in School and Life,” will be led Marcia L. Tate, the former executive director of Professional Development for the DeKalb County School System in Georgia. During her 30-year career with the district, she was a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and a staff development executive director.

As an educational consultant, she has taught more than 350,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world, and she is the author of five bestsellers.  Participants in her workshops refer to them as “some of the best ones they have ever experienced” since Tate  uses the 20 brain-compatible strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences.

The workshops will be held:

• Tuesday, January 13 — 5:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m., Ernest Ward Middle School Gym, 7650 North Highway 97, Walnut Hill.
• Wednesday, January 14 — 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Woodland Heights Community Center, 111 Berkley Drive, Pensacola.
• Wednesday, January 14 — Noon to 2 p.m., West Florida Main Public Library, 239 North Spring Street, Pensacola.

The public is invited and parents are encouraged to attend any of the three sessions. For more information, call The School District of Escambia County Title I Office at (850) 595-6915, ext. 235.

Freezing Tonight, Hard Freeze By Wednesday Night

There is a hard freeze watch in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tuesday Night Clear, with a low around 31. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. Breezy, with a north wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
• Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
• Thursday Sunny, with a high near 41. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Calm wind.
• Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. North wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 51.
• Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
• Sunday A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56.
• Sunday Night A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
• Monday A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.

Florida Senate Panels To Look At Prisons, Amendment 1

In their initial meetings leading up to the 2015 legislative session, Senate committees will gather the week of January 5 to discuss issues such as reforming the Department of Corrections and carrying out a constitutional amendment about environmental preservation.

Committees will meet over four days, starting January 5 and ending January 8, according to a calendar posted on the Senate website.

While many of the meetings will be largely introductory, senators will delve into issues such as possible changes in the prison system, which has been dogged recently by questions about inmate deaths and alleged wrongdoing by corrections officers. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee on January 5 is scheduled to hear three presentations about the Department of Corrections, including a presentation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement dealing with investigations of inmate deaths.

Later in the week, the Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee is scheduled to hear a presentation about a ballot initiative known as Amendment 1, which voters approved in the November. The amendment, which the committee will take up January 7, will require the state to dedicate a portion of real-estate tax revenue over the next 20 years for land and water projects.

by The News Service of Florida

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