Two people have been sentenced on animal cruelty charges for failing to properly care for their horses, one of which later died.
Richard Allen Jones, Jr., and his wife Katy Lynell Jones both pleaded no contest to two counts of animal cruelty, and Judge Linda Nobles withheld adjudication in sentencing each to 270 days in the county [...]

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. Calm wind.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a [...]

The Town of Century has hired a new town clerk. And she’s crossing the state line from Flomaton.
The town council voted 5-0 to approve a recommendation from Mayor Luis Gomez, Jr. to hire Carrie Moore as Century town clerk. The position has been vacant since Leslie Howington took a leave of absence in mid-April before [...]

A Cantonment man was charged after allegedly tried to eat a bag of meth following a traffic stop.
Theodore Reynolds Paige, 29, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, two counts of destruction of evidence and resisting arrest without violence. He was released on a $13,000 bond.
The Escambia County [...]

The Flomaton Police Department has released more images of a man they say attacked a woman Tuesday afternoon not far from the Alabama-Florida  state line.
Flomaton Police Chief Dereck Lowry said 38-year-old Christopher Moody is wanted for on female charges of kidnapping, burglary and assault.
The new, undated screenshots (top) were from a video recorded at the [...]

The Century Town Council Tuesday night gave final approval to three charter amendments for the November 5, 2024, general election ballot.
As we reported early this week, the town submitted the charter questions to be placed on the ballot without a final approval, and the ballots were printed.
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender and Chief [...]

Twelve nationally ranked Southeastern Conference soccer teams will be competing for the SEC Championship title from Sunday, Nov. 3, through Sunday, Nov. 10, at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex off East 10 Mile Road.
Tickets are now one sale at pensacolasports.org. All-tournament passes are $45. Individual session tickets for the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals are $12 [...]

One person was injured when they crashed their pickup truck into a tree in Walnut Hill Wednesday night.
The adult female was traveling east on Morgan Road when she failed to negotiate a 90-degree curve and crashed her Chevrolet Colorado head-on into a tree.
She was transported to an area hospital by Escambia County EMS with injuries [...]

Monday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrested two more Escambia County children for allegedly making school threats.
The ECOS said a 12-year-old student from McArthur Elementary was charged for threats made during a FaceTime conversation with other students. “He threatened to bring a firearm to school and kill one of the students,” the Sheriff’s Office said. [...]

A food truck court could be coming to the corner of Highway 29 and Archer Road.
A proposal for the “Archer Road Food Truck Court” was filed by Environmental Engineer Services with Escambia County for 0.81 acres on two parcels at the northeast corner of the intersection by Environmental Engineering in Pensacola. Plans state that here [...]

The Town of Century has placed three charter amendments on the November 5, 2024, ballot. But there’s a big problem.
The town never formally approved addling the charter change questions to the ballot.
That’s put sample and vote-by-mail ballots for voters inside the Century town limits on hold while lawyers talk about a problem that may simply [...]

Tate High School held their “Tangled In Our Memories” Friday in Pete Gindle Stadium.
For a Homecoming Parade photo gallery, click here.

For Homecoming King info and photos, click here.
For Homecoming Queen and her court, click here.
For a game action story and photos, click here.

Look for an upcoming photo gallery here on NorthEscambia.com with bonus photos with [...]

A Cantonment man was arrested on Saturday afternoon for allegedly shooting his brother in the Quintette Community.
According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, 41-year-old Horace Brown Jr. claimed he shot his brother to intervene in an altercation where the brother was allegedly hitting their mother.
The victim, who sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen, was [...]