Walnut Hill Heritage Festival Is Going On Today
October 12, 2024
The third annual Walnut Hill Heritage Festival is today from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The event will take place at the Walnut Hill Community Center at 7850 Highway 97, just north of Ernest Ward Middle School and the Walnut Hill Fire Department.
The day, sponsored by the Walnut Hill Ruritan Club, will feature 76 scheduled vendors, live music all day, food vendors, hayride, bouncy houses, arts and crafts, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, cornhole, Creek Indian Pow Wow dancers, and much more.
Admission is free.
Pictured: Scenes from the 2022 Walnut Hill Heritage Festival. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Perfect Saturday: High In The Lower 80s, Low In The 50s
October 12, 2024
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 54. Calm wind.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 61. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Columbus Day: Sunny, with a high near 87. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 58. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 48. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 45.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Football Preview: Tate At Pace, Northview At Jay
October 11, 2024
Both the Tate Aggies and the Northview Chiefs will head to Santa Rosa County tonight, looking to avenge losses in their most recent games.
Tate at Pace
The Tate Aggies (5-1) sat out last Friday night on a bye week, giving them two two weeks to prepare for their huge District 1-6A game tonight against the Pace Patriots (5-1). Two weeks ago, Navarre served up the first loss of the season for the Aggies 30-27 in what was a record-setting season start. Tonight’s game could be a decider for the district title. Tickets are available on GoFan for the game, which hasa 7:30 p.m. start.
Against Navarre, Tate’s Taite Davis three for 200 yards and three touchdowns. For the Patriots last week, Ben Tyner rushed for 120 yards and four touchdowns, while also throwing for 101 yards and a touchdown as he completed almost 90% of his passes.
Northview at Jay
It’s the big War on Highway 4 rivalry tonight as the Northview Chiefs take Highway 4 across the Escambia River to Merle North Stadium to take on the Jay Royals. Jay is having a good year, sitting at 5-1 after a 49-0 shutout of the young Central Jaguar program last week and season wins that have included Baker and Chipley. Northview is coming off 20-6 defeat at the hands of Baker last week in Bratt. In the last decade, Northview has beat Jay nine of the last 10 meetings, with the last win for the Royals back in 2017.. When they last played, Northview earned a strong 31-13 win.
Last week, Northview’s Dane King rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown. On the defensive side, King made made tackles and defended a pass. For the Royals, Jaymes Youngblood had 85 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just seven carries.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Sunny Days, Nights In The Low 50s
October 11, 2024
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind around 5 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 50. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 52. Calm wind.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph.
Columbus Day: Sunny, with a high near 88. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 47.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 44.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 71.
Here Is Friday Night’s High School Football Schedule
October 11, 2024
Here is this week’s high school Friday night football schedule, and a few Thursday night scores.
All games are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
FLORIDA
- Northview at Jay
- Tate at Pace, 7:30 p.m.
- West Florida at Gulf breeze
- Washington at Pine Forest
- Walton at Pensacola Catholic, 7:30 p.m.
- Escambia at Pensacola
- Crestview Navarre, 7:30 p.m.
- Milton at Gulf Breeze
- Bye: Central
ALABAMA
- Morgan Academy at Escambia Academy
- Escambia County (Atmore) at W.S. Neal
- Excel at T.R. Miller
- Bye: Flomaton
NorthEscambia.com photo.
Hurricane Milton Makes Landfall As Category 3 (With Latest Forecast Map)
October 10, 2024
Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane packing winds up to 120 mph, a major hurricane.
Landfall was near Siesta Key south of Tampa, as hurricane continued to move across the Florida Peninsula .
The latest on Milton is in the graphic below.
Sunny Days; Clear Cool Nights
October 10, 2024
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
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Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 53. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 51. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 59. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Columbus Day: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 57.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Tonight: Highway 29 Reduced To One Lane In Century
October 10, 2024
North Century Boulevard (Highway 29) in Century will be reduced to one lane Thursday night, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.
FDOT said repairs will be made to a manhole between Rudolph Street and Green Street beginning at t 8 p.m. and lasting approximately four hours.
The closure is in the current Highway construction zone where traffic is already reduced to two lanes. During the lane closure, north and southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane with flaggers to direct drivers safely through the work zone.
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Here’s The Latest Forecast For Hurricane Milton
October 9, 2024
Major Hurricane Milton is forecast to make landfall tonight or early Thursday morning around the Tampa Bay area.
Milton will have little or no impact on the North Escambia area, other than high surf and a risk of rip currents at the beaches. For the local weather forecast, click here.
The latest information is in the graphic above.
Sunny, Middle 80s Today; Low Dipping To About 60
October 9, 2024
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 60. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. North wind around 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 57. North wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 55. Calm wind.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Columbus Day: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 56.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.