EREC Accepting Apps For Youth Tour Trips To Tallahassee, Washington
October 31, 2021
Applications are now being accepted by Escambia River Electric Cooperative for the Rural Electric Youth Tour.
The program offers high school juniors the chance to win a trip to the state capital in Tallahassee in February or the national’s capital in June.
Interested students can get more information and an application from their high school guidance counselor. Applications are also available at both the Jay and Walnut Hill EREC offices or online here.
Applications are due by December 7. The student’s parent or guardian must be a member of Escambia River Electric Cooperative.
Escambia County Seeks Volunteer For Board Of Adjustment Appointment
October 31, 2021
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners is seeking Escambia County residents interested in volunteering to be considered for an at-large appointment to the Escambia County Board of Adjustment.
Members serve a two-year term of office and meet at 8:30 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month for approximately two hours. Travel is not required. Financial disclosure is required.
Escambia County residents interested in being considered for a possible appointment to the Escambia County Board of Adjustment to begin serving in January are asked to submit a resume and letter indicating their desire to serve by close of business on Wednesday, November 10. Letters and resumes should be submitted to Rachel Whitmire, 3363 West Park Place, Pensacola, FL 32505; or emailed to rwhitmire@myescambia.com.
The BOA conducts quasi-judicial hearings to grant, grant with conditions, or deny applications for the following processes: administrative appeal, conditional use, site plan approval extension, and variance.
No. 5 UWF Beats Mississippi College 63-28
October 31, 2021
The fifth-ranked UWF football team scored 35 unanswered points to scare away any upset hopes Mississippi College had with a 63-28 win at Robinson-Hale Stadium on Saturday night.
UWF improved to 7-1 on the season and moved into second place in the Gulf South Conference at 4-1 as it extended its school-record road winning streak to nine.
Shomari Mason rushed for approximately 150 yards with three touchdowns, while Austin Reed rushed for a score and threw four touchdowns. Reed totaled well over 300 yards passing with more than 20 completions. Larry Rembert was the recipient of three of the scoring throws, as he reached the end zone from 25, 27 and 37 yards out.
The 63 points for the Argonauts tied their season-high and match the second-highest total in program history.
The second-half shutout for the UWF defense was the third such occurrence this season. The Argos have held five opponents to seven points or less in the second half. The defense forced a pair of turnovers and got the Choctaws to punt four times.
UWF came out and scored on its first possession as Mason reached paydirt from two yards out. After each team punted, MC tied it at 7-7 when DeAnte’ Smith-Moore scored from the one.
The Argos went back up 14-7 when reed hit Ka’Ron Ashley from nine yards late in the first quarter. Again the Choctaws came back with an 11-play drive capped off by a Marcus Williams 4-yard rush.
Reed needed just five plays to put UWF back on top, hitting Rembert on a 25-yarder. Smith-Moore threw a 30-yard pass to Sam Wilder for a 21-21 score to keep MC tied.
On the next possession, Mason and Anthony Johnson, Jr. gashed the Choctaw defense for a combined 48 yards on four carries to set up Rembert’s second touchdown reception on a 27-yarder. MC got it tied again heading into the locker room when Jaylin Jones reached the end zone with 38 seconds remaining.
In the second half, UWF held MC to minus-2 yards on the opening drive before needing six plays to go 53 yards for Mason to score from the eight. Another 5-play possession for MC followed before UWF scored again, going up by 14 midway through the third on Rembert’s third score of the night.
Mason took control following another Choctaw punt, rushing for nearly 80 yards on three carries, including a 69-yarder that setup another of his scores from inside the five.
Reed now has 69 career passing touchdowns, moving into a tie for eighth in GSC history with Rogan Wells of Valdosta State and Willie Candler of West Georgia.
UWF will remain on the road next week with a trip to 25th-ranked West Alabama (7-2, 4-2) on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff at Tiger Stadium in Livingston, Alabama is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Photo: Morgan Givens/UWF.
Five Indicted For First Degree Premeditated Murder In Ladarius Clardy Shooting
October 30, 2021
An Escambia County grand jury has indicted five people for the murder of Ladarius Clardy.
The grand jury returned indictments for first-degree premeditated murder, attempted first-degree premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree premeditated murder against Amos Snowden Jr, Daquavion Snowden, Kobie Jenkins Jr, Timothy Knight Jr and Terrell Parker.
All five remain in the Escambia County Jail without bond. The Snowden brothers entered not guilty pleas on Friday. The three other suspects are due in court November 4.
Clardy, a former standout Pine Forest High School quarterback, was found shot dead in a vehicle crash about 1 a.m. on July 1. His vehicle was found with over 50 bullet holes in a ravine.
One Charged With Ensley Murder
October 30, 2021
A 20-year old Escambia County man was arrested Friday for a fatal shooting earlier in the week.
Gerald Battle, Jr. was charged with homicide and booked into the Escambia County Jail without bond. The shooting took place October 27 in the 8600 block of Figland Avenue, a couple of blocks from Untreiner Avenue in Ensley.
The victim was shot multiple times while inside a vehicle. He was later pronounced deceased at a local hospital.
Top Ranked Niceville Tops Tate 35-0 (With Photo Gallery)
October 30, 2021
Niceville, the third-ranked 7A team in the state, defeated the Tate Aggies 35-0 on Senior Night Friday night at Pete Gindl Stadium.
The Aggies held the Eagles scoreless in the first and fourth quarters, but Niceville ran away with 28 in the second quarter and added another 7 in the third.
The Niceville Eagles improved to 9-1, 4-0 and hold first place in District 1-7A.
The Tate Aggies are 1-8 overall, 0-4 in the district. The Aggies will end their season next Friday night at 6A Pine Forest (6-1, 3-0).
For a game action photo gallery, click or tap here. (Look for the band, cheerleaders and band in a photo gallery by Monday.)
NorthEscambia.com photos by William Reynolds, click to enlarge.
Friday Night High School Football Finals
October 30, 2021
Here are Friday night’s North Escambia area football high school football scores:
FLORIDA
- Niceville 35, Tate 0 [Story, photos...]
- Northview 39, Bay 35
- Jay 24, J.U. Blacksher 0
- Pine Forest 49, Washington 15
- Wakulla 37, Pensacola High 13
- West Florida 30, Pensacola Catholic 7
- Escambia 21, Gulf Breeze 14
- Navarre 29, Crestview 22
- Milton 35, Pace 28
ALABAMA
- Escambia Academy 64, Bessemer Academy 0
- Flomaton 42, Escambia County (Atmore) 0
- T.R. Miller 40, W.S. Neal 16
Pictured: Niceville defeated Tate Friday night. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
NAS Pensacola Building 633 Reopens, Honoring Those Killed During 2019 Terrorist Attack
October 30, 2021
Building 633 at Naval Air Station Pensacola reopened Friday.
On December 6, 2019, it was the site of the terrorist attack that took the lives of three sailors and wounded eight military and civilian personnel.
An Area of Remembrance was officially unveiled during a ceremony Friday.
Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC) is resuming training in Building 633.
NASC provides an educational foundation in technical training, character development, and professional leadership to prepare Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and partner nation officers and enlisted students to be combat quality aviation professionals. Students consist of enlisted and officer personnel enrolled in aircrew, aviator, survival, or prospective commanding officer training programs.
For a photo gallery, click or tap here.
Photos: Joshua Cox/NAS Pensacola and others for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Escambia Reports 149 New COVID-19 Cases In Last Week
October 30, 2021
There were 149 new COVID-19 cases reported Escambia County over the last week by the Florida Department of Health.
Baptist, Ascension Sacred Heart and West Florida hospitals reported a combined 48 COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Friday.
Here is the latest data:
Escambia County cases:
Total cases: 53,639 (+149)
Positivity rate last week: 4.9%
Current total hospitalizations: 42
Over age 18 and over hospitalizations:39
Under age 18 hospitalized: 3
Total deaths reported last 7 days: 24 (CDC data)
Escambia County Vaccinations
People vaccinated: 154,269 (+790)
Total Population of Escambia County Partially Vaccinated: 55.9%
Total Population of Escambia County Fully Vaccinated: 48.1%
*These numbers are the percent of total Escambia County population vaccinated. Not the percentage of hospitalized individuals.
Santa Rosa County cases:
Total cases: 32,381 (+84)
Positivity rate last week: 3.8%
People vaccinated: 89,913 (+494)
Partial vaccination rate (age 12+): 56%
Total deaths last 7 days: less than 10 (CDC data)
Statewide cases:
Florida resident cases: 3,647,2776 (+12,880)
Case positivity rate: 3.0%
Deaths: 59,670 (+56)
FDOH has moved from daily to weekly reports and removed the COVID-19 dashboard. The state is now releasing a weekly report with local data limited only to number of cases and positivity rate The number of deaths by county or cases by local cities and communities is no longer provided by FDOH.
Century Man Charged With Capital Child Sexual Battery; He Was One Of Four Accused Of Child Neglect Last Week
October 29, 2021
One of the four people arrested last week on child neglect charges for living in squalor with several children is now accused of the sexual battery of a minor child over nearly a two-year period.
Michael Tracy Tedder, 29, was arrested Thursday on three counts of capital sexual battery of a victim under 12 by a person in familial custody. He remains in jail without bond.
The victim disclosed at school that she had been raped by Tedder, according to an arrest report. She stated that it hurt, and about the time she healed, he would do it again, the report continues. The alleged abuse occurred between January 1, 2020, and October 20, 2021.
Much of the arrest report is redacted under Florida law, but it states “several (others) divulged sexual abuse by Michael Tedder. The incidents they described were similar to the sexual abuse disclosed, adding credibility to her statement.” An Escambia County Sherriff’s Office spokesperson said Friday the investigation is ongoing.
If convicted as charged, Tedder faces up to life in prison.
When the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office went to Tedder’s home on October 20 to investigate the sexual battery allegations, deputies found Tedder and three others living in squalor with six children in two campers.
They found Michael Tedder and his wife 28-year old Elizabeth Mae Dennis, along with 55-year old Norman Tracy Tedder and his wife 50-year old Tabitha Rolin Tedder. All four were charged with felony child neglect. Only Michael Tedder is accused of a sex crime; the other three have not been charged with any other crime or named as suspects.
The Department of Children and Families temporarily removed the children and transported them to the Gulf Coast Kids House.
For more information on the child neglect allegations, click or tap here for an earlier story.