Century To Hold Budget Workshop Thursday Afternoon
August 29, 2012
Century Town Council will host a budget workshop Thursday afternoon to discuss the town’s proposed 2012-2013 budget.
The workshop, the third on the budget, will be held at 2 p.m. at the Century Town Hall, 7995 North Century Boulevard. The meeting is open to the public.
Flomaton’s Dixon Commits To The UAB Blazers
August 29, 2012
Flomaton High School quarterback Ryheem Dixon has committed to play football for the UAB Blazers.
Last season as a junior, Dixon was part of a Flomaton team that took the Hurricanes to a state quarterfinal game for the first time in over 20 years. He racked up almost 3,000 yards offensively, with 1,454 yards on the ground and 1,526 in the air.
Dixon, 6-1, 187 pound, averaged just over 10.5 yards per carry. He threw for 23 touchdowns last season with just one interception.
USA, Southern Miss and Tuskegee were also reportedly recruiting Dixon.
Waves Pound Coastline
August 28, 2012
Heavy waves continue to pound the coastlines of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties this evening as storm surge pushes inland. Forecasters say conditions should not become much worse as the night progresses.
Pictured: Waves pound the Pensacola Beach Fishing Pier about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
ECUA Resumes Collections
August 28, 2012
ECUA resmed residential and commercial sanitation customer pickup service on Wednesday, August 29, after temporary closure of Escambia County’s Perdido Landfill.
Residential sanitation routes originally scheduled on Tuesday were collected on Wednesday. For the remainder of the week, the actual collection will fall one day after the regularly scheduled collection. Wednesday routes will be collected on Thursday. Thursday routes will be collected on Friday, and Friday routes will be collected on Saturday.
This adjusted schedule is applicable for the commercial sanitation routes originally scheduled on Tuesday, August 28, will be collected on Wednesday, August 29. The normal commercial
collection schedule will resume throughout the remainder of the week.
SWAT Team Standoff Ends
August 28, 2012
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and multiple deputies responded to a home on Barksdale Street, just east of Chemstrand Road this afternoon.
A man inside the home called 911 about 12:13 p.m. and was threatening to kill himself, according to Melissa Rawson, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office. When deputies arrived on scene, they were unable to make contact with the man, and the SWAT team was dispatched.
After unsuccessful attempts to make contact with the man, SWAT deployed a robot inside the home and made entry where they found the man deceased.
Pictured: Deputies staged at East 10 Mile Road and Chemstrand Road in their response to a home on Barksdale Street. NorthEscambia.com photo by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
Partial Remains Of Possibly 100 People Found In Storage Shed
August 28, 2012
Partial remains of as many as 100 people have been found in storage unit in Pensacola.
The remains were reportedly from private autopsies performed from 1997 to 2007 by a former assistant medical examiner, Michael Berkland. The body parts — including hearts, lungs, brains and tissue samples — were stored in labeled containers and were believed to be from funeral homes in the Pensacola and Panama City areas.
The remains were found at Uncle Bob’s Storage on East Fairfield Drive when a unit was sold at auction. Many containers were labeled with the name or other information that can be used to notify families, but many parts were unlabeled.
The State Attorney’s Office does not believe that the parts were acquired through criminal activity, just through Berkland’s work.
The incident is under investigation by the Pensacola Police Department, the State Attorney’s Office and other agencies to determine if any laws were broken.
Power Restoration Crews Stream Into The Area
August 28, 2012
About 500 restoration specialists and contractors are rolling into the local area to assist Gulf Power with any outages related to Isaac.
Pictured top: Dominion line crews from Virginia roll into the Gulf Power storm restoration staging area at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds as storm clouds from Tropical Storm Isaac pass overhead Monday. The 54-employee store restoration team completed an 1,200 mile trip after being diverted from Ocala. Pictured below: Heather Madison briefs a Gulf Power storm team Logistics group to coordinate arrangements for the hundreds of out-of-state line crews and contractors assisting with Issac. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
‘Like” NorthEscambia On Facebook
August 28, 2012
Make sure you ‘like” NorthEscambia.com on Facebook for more “live” updates each day.
https://www.facebook.com/northescambia
We are posting several localized updates on Facebook that may not make the more regional updates on NorthEscambia.com and sharing info from other local pages.
Pensacola Beach Readies For Whatever Isaac Brings
August 28, 2012
Preparations for Isaac were underway Monday on Pensacola Beach, including the removal of gondolas from the observation wheel (pictured top). NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
Escambia County Evacuation Maps
August 28, 2012
An Escambia County evacuation map is below. Click any portion of the map to enlarge.
Escambia County reduced evacuation orders for Zones A only. This includes the barriers islands of Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach as well as low-lying coastal areas.
