EREC Selects Seven Students 2025 Tallahassee Youth Tour
January 14, 2025
Escambia River Electric Cooperative has selected seven area high school students to attend the 2025 Youth Tour in Tallahassee on February 12 and 13.
During their two days in Tallahassee, the students will get an up close and personal look at state government in action.
The students are:
- Olivia Doyle, Northview High School
- Kaylee Oswald, Northview High School
- Major Rowell, Jay High School
- Brea Lyle, Jay High School
- Jayme George, Central School
- Aurora Godwin, Central School
- Gabriella Magdaleno, Central School
After the trip, two of the students, one from Escambia County and one from Santa Rosa County, will be chosen for the annual EREC tour to Washington, DC.
Pictured above: (top row, L-R) Olivia Doyle, Northview High School; Kaylee Oswald, Northview High School; Jayme George, Central School, (second row) Aurora Godwin, Central School; Gabriella Magdaleno, Central School; Brea Lyle, Jay High School; and (bottom) Major Rowell, Jay High School. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Flomaton Hiring New Town Clerk After Current Clerk Departs For Century
January 14, 2025
The Town of Flomaton is searching for a new town clerk after their current clerk was hired away by the Town of Century.
Century voted last week to hire Carrie Moore, who has worked as the Flomaton town clerk since April 2021.
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According to a job posting, durite for Flomaton’s next clerk will include municipal clerk, utility billing, municipal treasurer, cash receipting & account receivables/payables, general ledger, budget, payroll, banking, and deposits. The job is Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. with some evening meetings.
Applications are being accepted at Flomaton Town Hall, 2125 Ringold Street through January 17. A salary range for the position was not posted.
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Escambia Public Schools Sets Legislative Priorities for Upcoming Session
January 14, 2025
Escambia County Public Schools has developed a list of legislative priorities for the upcoming Florida legislative session.
Items on the ECPS priority list include:
- Extending Senate Bill 896 (passed in 2022), which provides an alternative pathway for veterans seeking subject-area certification by removing the baccalaureate degree requirement for a temporary educator certificate if certain requirements are met.
- Eliminating barriers to the reemployment of high-quality personnel after retirement.
- Increasing the base student allocation by 5%.
- Providing funding for full-day Pre-K.
- Increasing transportation categorical funding to more closely reflect actual costs.
- Opposing a Senate bill related to custody sharing that makes schools responsible for time-sharing arrangements and imposes criminal prosecution and penalties on individuals who release a child to the wrong person.
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Escambia Extension, Helton Brothers Farm Donate Pallets Of Peanut Butter
January 14, 2025
Escambia County Extension teamed up with local peanut producers Helton Brothers Farm to deliver two pallets of peanut butter to local institutions that provide help to those in need.
Groundbreaking Set For ECSO’s New Law Enforcement Memorial Plaza
January 14, 2025
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Escambia County Sheriff Foundation, will hold a groundbreaking Thursday for a Law Enforcement Memorial Plaza. This project will honor deputies who made the ultimate sacrifice and serve as a place of remembrance, healing, and connection for the community.
The memorial plaza will become a focal point in front of the main Sheriff’s Office on Leonard Street, reinforcing its symbolic importance. The ECSO said the newly designed space will offer a place where memories are shared, where grief is met with support, and where citizens can all come together–united in appreciation for those who sacrificed their lives for our safety.
The partnership with the Sheriff Foundation will provide the funding and no tax dollars will be used in the construction. The Escambia County Sheriff Foundation is soliciting donations of any size, with recognition opportunities available at various levels. “The Foundation Board is deeply honored to support the creation of this Memorial Plaza,” said Foundation President Whitney C. Lucas. “This project embodies our commitment to honoring the brave heroes of the Sheriff’s Office. We believe this plaza will be a welcoming space of remembrance that invites citizens to connect with their Sheriff’s Office while focusing on the shared values that keep our community strong.”
The groundbreaking will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in front of the ECSO at 1700 West Leonard Street. Refreshments will follow inside the ECSO building.
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Aggie Boys Top Elberta 62-57, Brelynn Morris Scores 22 As Tate Girls Win
January 14, 2025
Basketball
BOYS
Tate 62, Elberta 57
GIRLS
Tate 44 Elberta 15
Brelynn Morris scored 22 points and Sam Williams added 11 as the Tate Lady Aggies defeated Elberta 44-15 Monday at Tate. Amerie
Final Development Plans For Circle K At Highway 95A, Quintette Road Up For Vote
January 13, 2025
The Escambia County Development Review Committee will this week consider final plans for a new Circle K in Quintette.
The 3,973 square foot Circle K would be located on 2.31 acres at 2000 North Highway 95A,.
Plans have been filed for a Circle K in that location before and have undergone several versions before the latest set of drawings submitted January 8 to update a January 2024 application. Most notably, the plans show turn lanes on Highway 95A into the store.
The plans show six multi-product fuel pumps with three diesel pumps on the opposite side of the store.
Currently, the east and west legs of Quintette Road are offset approximately 115 feet from one another, creating a hazard for the smooth flow of intersection traffic. Escambia County has applied for grant, with $250,000 pledged by Circle K, to align the intersection.
The Escambia County Development Review Committee will consider the final application during a meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Escambia County Central Complex Building at 3363 West Park Place.
Tate Cross County, Golf, Volleyball Named State Academic Team Champions
January 13, 2025
Several Tate High School teams were named to the Florida High School Athletic Association Fall Academic Team Champions lists.
The Aggies teams were:
- Boys Cross County – 3.317 GPA
- Girls Cross Country – 3.748 GPA
- Boys Golf – 3.358 GPA
- Girls Golf – 3.462 GPA
- Girls Volleyball – 3.493 GPA
The FHSAA Academic Team Champion recognition program honors teamwork not only in competition, but in the classroom as well. The program recognizes teams in each of the Association’s sanctioned and recognized sports based off GPA
Ransom Middle School Names Students Of The Month
January 13, 2025
Ransom Middle School recently named their November-December Students of the Month. They are Vida Moreno and Dorian Fuller, both eighth graders. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Molino Man Accused Of Aggravated Assault Of Mother, Girlfriend With Ceiling Fan Blade
January 13, 2025
A Molino man is accused of assaulting his mother and girlfriend with a ceiling fan blade.
Timothy Bryan Jones, 46, was charged with aggravated assault on a person over 65-years-old, aggravated battery on a person over 65, aggravated assault, and battery — all domestic violence related.
Jones allegedly threatened his family with a knife and struck a parent with the blade from ceiling fan.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to find Jones in front yard of a home on Pilgrim Trail Way with music playing loud enough to be heard from inside a patrol vehicle.
“Jones appeared to be heavily intoxicated and refused lawful commands to keep his hands visible and get on the ground,” an arrest report states. Two deputies took Jones to the ground, handcuffed him, and placed him in a patrol vehicle.
Deputies located his 66-year-old mother on the floor inside the home with visible bloody injuries to her head, neck and face, the report states. She told deputies that he became drunk and enraged, pushing her onto the floor before threatening to kill her and his girlfriend with a knife.
He then allegedly pulled a blade off a ceiling fan and struck his mother in the face before pushing his wheelchair-bound girlfriend to the floor.
His mother was airlifted to a Pensacola hospital, while his girlfriend refused medical transport.
Jones remained in the Escambia County Jail Monday morning without bond.