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Showers Likely Today

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Thursday Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 51. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Sunny, with a high near 56. North wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
• Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. South wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. South wind around 5 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
• Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• M.L.King Day Sunny, with a high near 60.
• Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
• Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
• Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.
• Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

Escambia Man Set To Be Executed Thursday For 1993 Murder

An Escambia County man is set to be executed Thursday for first-degree murder and sexual battery during a home-invasion robbery in 1993 in Escambia County.

Johnny Shane Kormondy, 42, to set to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday. The execution will be the 21st since Gov. Rick Scott took office in January 2011, equaling the number overseen by former Gov. Jeb Bush, which is the most for any Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Kormondy was found guilty in 1994 in the death of Gary McAdams, a local banker who was shot in the back of the head during a home-invasion robber in the Thousand Oaks subdivision off Chemstrand Road. McAdams and his wife, who was repeatedly raped during the attack, had returned home from a Woodham High School school reunion when confronted at the front door by Kormondy and his two accomplices.

Kormondy was the leader of the attack, recruiting the accomplices, providing transportation and casing the McAdams’ neighborhood. Kormondy’s accomplices, Curtis Buffkin and James Hazen, received life sentences. Law enforcement was able to close the case when a person to whom Kormondy confessed went to police seeking a $50,000 reward for information. Kormondy also threatened to kill witnesses who testified at his trial, including Mrs. McAdams, if he were ever released.

The robbers reportedly left the house with $20.

The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.

Pictured below: The death warrant for Johnny Shane Kormondy signed in November by Gov. Rick Scott.

Slight Rain Chance Tonight, Foggy Too

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 49. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a steady temperature around 53. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Sunny, with a high near 56. North wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Saturday Sunny, with a high near 61.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
• Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 64.
• Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
• M.L.King Day A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

World Renowned Educator, Author To Present Workshop At Ernest Ward

The Escambia County School District is sponsoring three identical parental involvement workshops Tuesday and Wednesday with a world-renowned educational consultant, including a Tuesday evening event at Ernest Ward Middle School.

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.

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.

NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

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.

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