Three local Bill Gandy Family Trust scholarship winners have been announced.
Gandy Memorial Scholarship winners are Lexxi Baggett, daughter of Garry and Vicki Baggett; and  McKayla McConathy, daughter of Gene and Sharon Findley.  Both graduating Northview High School seniors earned cash scholarships for their community service, documented volunteer hours, and academic scholastic record.
The Solon Lee Gandy [...]

The members of the Cantonment Rotary Club recently treated the Teachers of the year from Escambia County District schools north of Nine Mile Road to lunch at St. Luke United Methodist Church. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

The 105 members of the Northview High School Class of 2019 graduated Saturday.
“First, we must look up. The Bible says the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom,” Salutatorian Seth Killam told the class. “Our education we received and look to receive is a valuable tool, but is useless if you do not keep [...]

The Escambia County Master Gardeners offer the following May lawn and garden tips:

Continue planting summer annuals. Try one or two that you’ve never grown and/or one that is not available in stores as transplants.
Plant heat-resistant summer flowering annuals such as begonias, impatiens, coleus, salvia, marigolds, torenia, verbena, ornamental [...]

Thanks to a donation from International Paper, every first grader at Jim Allen, Beulah, Bratt, Ensley, Kingsfield, Lincoln Park, Lipscomb, Longleaf, McArthur, Molino Park, and Pine Meadow elementary schools will take home three books of their own for the summer.
The children will also celebrate reading by participating in a variety of engaging and inspiring reading [...]