Softball: Tate’s ‘Strike Out Cancer’ Game Is Tonight Vs. Pace

March 22, 2013

Tonight is the annual Tate Lady Aggies Strike Out Cancer softball game.

It will feature a battle between District 6A first place Tate and second place Pace. All proceeds from the game will go toward cancer awareness. There will be plenty of door prizes.

Fans will have a chance not only to see a terrific softball duel, but also support a great cause. The junior varsity teams play at 4:30 followed by the varsity at 6:30 at Tate High School.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Looking For Lunch In Atmore? How About A BBQ Sandwich Plate?

March 18, 2013

The Atmore Community Hospital Relay for Life team is selling BBQ sandwich lunches today in front of the hospital.

The $5 lunch includes a BBQ Boston butt sandwich, chips, dessert and drink. Drive-up service is available.

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Still A Chance Of Rain Tonight

March 18, 2013

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 68.
Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 59.

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Slight Rain Chance

March 17, 2013

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Saturday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Forecast: Slight Rain Chance

March 16, 2013

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Tonight: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the evening.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Light southeast wind becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.
Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Resigns Amid Gambling Racketeering Case

March 13, 2013

Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll has resigned the post amid a gambling investigation into a non-profit for which she once did consulting work, an official with the governor’s office said Wednesday.

Carroll, the first African-American woman to hold the post of lieutenant governor, represented a suburban Jacksonville district in the House before Gov. Rick Scott chose her as his running mate in 2010. She has weathered controversy in the office, but her resignation came as a surprise.

Carroll’s resignation followed the arrest on Tuesday on racketeering and money laundering charges of various people affiliated with Allied Veterans of the World, which runs Internet café establishments around the state. The industry says it allows people to partake in sweepstakes, but critics say the establishments are basically gaming parlors.

Carroll and her firm 3N and JC, served as a public relations consultant to the company in 2009 and 2010 while she was in the House, and Scott chief of staff Adam Hollingsworth said Carroll was interviewed by officers from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement about that work.

“Lt. Gov. Carroll resigned in an effort to keep her former affiliation with the company from distracting from the administration’s important work on behalf of Florida families,” Hollingsworth said in a statement. “She made the right decision for the state and her family.”

Scott hasn’t commented yet, though a spokeswoman said he would speak with the media later Wednesday. Officials from FDLE have scheduled a mid-afternoon news conference in Orlando on the Allied Veterans probe.

Carroll had filed legislation when she was in the House to codify what the Internet café industry could do, but withdrew it because of a possible conflict of interest with her work for Allied Veterans.

It wasn’t clear yet early Wednesday whether Scott planned to immediately name a replacement.

By The News Service of Florida

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Bridge Maintenance Today on I-10 At Nine Mile Road

March 12, 2013

Crews will perform routine bridge maintenance on I-10 over West Nine Mile Road in Beulah today. Westbound traffic will encounter lane restrictions between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Maintenance activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or re-scheduled in the event of inclement weather. Motorists are reminded to travel with care through the work zone and to watch for construction equipment and workers entering and exiting the roadway, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

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Century Man Arrested For Drugs At Pensacola Motel

March 12, 2013

A Century man was charged with cocaine possession after being removed from a Pensacola motel.

Dallas Monroe Edwards, 41, was charged with felony cocaine possession and resisting an officer without violence at the Executive Motel on Pensacola Boulevard.

Motel management called deputies to have a room vacated because the occupants did not pay a required pet fee. Deputies reported finding a small black tube with two baggies of a substance that field tested positive for cocaine in Edwards’ pocket. Once deputies found the tube, Edwards broke free and attempted to run.

Deputies gave chase and Edwards was taken into custody without further incident.

Edwards was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $6,000 bond.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Cool Night, Sunny Tuesday

March 11, 2013

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Tonight: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 34. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 62. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.

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Rainy Monday

March 10, 2013

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 69. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

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