Rep. Clay Ingram To Hold Office Hours In Century
June 7, 2013
State Rep. Clay Ingram (R-Pensacola) will hold office hours next week in Century.
Ingram will be at the Century Chamber of Commerce at 7811 North Century Boulevard from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, June 13. Area residents are invited to meet Ingram, including anyone in need of assistance with state programs or agencies.
Appointments are not required, but a time may be reserved by calling Ingram’s District Office at (850) 494-7330.
Tropical Storm Andrea Makes Landfall
June 6, 2013
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Tropical Storm Andrea made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida Thursday afternoon with maximum winds of 65 mph, bringing a threat of tornadoes and flooding for that area. The latest information on the storm is in the graphic above.
Pictured below: Pensacola Beach was quiet on Wednesday afternoon. NorthEscambia.com photo by Bethany Reynolds, click to enlarge.
Rain Likely Today
June 5, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.
- Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
- Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning.
- Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
- Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
- Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.
- Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
- Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.
Today Is Last Day To Mail House Election Absentee Ballots
June 5, 2013
Today is the last day for voters that live in House District 2 to mail in their special election absentee ballots.
After Wednesday, a voter may still pick up an absentee ballot in person from the Elections Office. Voted absentee ballots must be received in the Elections Office (not at a polling
location) no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, June 11.
In addition to absentee voting, early voting is being offered from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. daily through Friday, and 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday at three area locations:
- Supervisor of Elections Main Office, 213 Palafox Place, Second Floor
- Tryon Branch Library, 1200 Langley Avenue
- Southwest Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway
All voters in House District 2 are eligible to vote in the special election, regardless of party affiliation. To find out if you are registered in House District 2, check your voter information card, visit EscambiaVotes.com, or call the elections office at 850-595-3900.
Century To Rework Personnel Policy
June 4, 2013
The Century Town Council voted Monday night to rework the town’s personnel policy to give the mayor more control and eliminate the need for direct council involvement some of the time.
The changes were prompted after last week’s termination of a lower level employee by the council in a special called council meeting. The employee was repeatedly late for work.
Under Century’s current employment rules and regulations, the mayor is the town’s top boss, but the mayor can’t fire an employee without a vote of the town council. And, under those same town rules, the Mayor can’t make his termination recommendation known until a special meeting of the town council begins.
Mayor Freddie McCall and town attorney Matt Danneheiser will work together to rework the employee policies. The mayor will be able to discipline and terminate employees without input from the council; the employee can then appeal their termination to the council for a final determination. Similar policies are in place at governmental agencies throughout the area.
For more information about the public firing of a town employee last week, click here for a previous story.
Pictured top: Century Town Council members (L-R) Ann Brooks, Sandra McMurray Jackson, Jacke Johnston and town attorney Matt Dannheiser Monday night. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Chance Of Rain Continues For Sunday Night And Monday
June 2, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Patchy dense fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
- Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
- Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92.
- Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
- Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92.
- Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
- Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90.
Tate Baccalaureate Planned For Sunday Afternoon At Olive Baptist
June 1, 2013
The Tate High School Class of 2013 Baccalaureate Service will be held Sunday at Olive Baptist Church.
The service will take place at 3 p.m. Graduates should arrive at Olive Baptist Church by 2:30 p.m. and report to the main Worship Center lobby in their cap and gown.
Olive Baptist Church is located at 1836 East Olive Road, at the corner of Olive Road and Davis Highway, in Pensacola.
Day Long Manhunt In Molino, Barrineau Park for ‘Mystery Man’
May 31, 2013
For an updated story, click here.
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies spent most of Friday searching for a “mystery man” in the Barrineau Park and Molino area, and so far they don’t know exactly why the man in running from them.
“I want to stress that there is no reason to believe this is dangerous situation for the people in that area,” Sena Maddison, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said Friday afternoon. “We just want to talk to this man at this point.”
The situation began with the report of a suspicious vehicle and perhaps a burglary on Schifko Road just before 9 a.m. When deputies arrived, they found the vehicle and white female at her own home. For an unknown reason, a black male in the vehicle fled on foot as deputies arrived. The female, who was not charged with any crime, would not give deputies the identity of the black male.
A manhunt with a K-9 unit followed, but deputies were unable to locate the black male.
“The first manhunt was called off because we did not have any charges on the man,” Maddison said. Contrary to rampant rumors on Facebook and in the community, she said there was no burglary.
As the day progressed, residents on Schifko Road, Barrineau Park Road and Jacks Branch Road, reported seeing the same black male multiple times, leading to multiple attempts by the Sheriff’s Office to locate the mystery man.
“At this point, we want to find him and find out why he is running,” Maddison said. “But we have no reason to believe that he is dangerous.”
As recently as the 4:00 hour, deputies were reportedly searching for the man on Barrineau Park Road, near Schifko Road.
The black male is describe as being 19-25 years old, wearing black tank top. Residents have reported he appears to weigh bout 210-230 pounds.
Pictured: Deputies search for a man along Barrineau Park Road during the 4:00 hour Friday afternoon. Reader photo by Judy Fehl for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Rainbows And More Rain Chances
May 31, 2013
Light morning showers ended with a colorful rainbow across parts of the North Escambia area Friday morning. There is a slight to moderate chance of showers through Monday. Here is you official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
- Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
- Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
- Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
- Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Calm wind.
- Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.
- Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
- Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90.
- Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.
- Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88.
Pictured top: This photo by Janie Beasley shows a rainbow over a Bratt wheat field this morning. Pictured below: This Ditto Gorme photo shows the rainbow over Atmore. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Florida Authorities Searching For Missing Alabama Man
May 31, 2013
Updated. Mr. McCreary was found. Click here.
Florida authorities are searching for an Alabama man who disappeared from his Alabama home Wednesday afternoon.
Eddie Lee McCreary, 63, of Brewton was last seen by a relative around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans.
Pensacola Police detective Danny Harnett said McCreary has various medical problems and left his medications in Alabama. His car was found around 6 p.m. Wednesday in the 3800 block of Cherry Laurel Drive in Pensacola.
McCreary is a black male, about 6 feet 2 and 300 pounds. He has salt and pepper colored hair and sometimes wears glasses.
Anyone who may have seen him or knows his location is asked to contact Detective Danny Harnett at (850) 435-1979 or the Pensacola Police Department at (850) 435-1900.