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northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 The Escambia County Tax Collector’s Mobile Identification and Licensing Office (MILO) will be in Century tomorrow, and upcoming dates and locations have been announced through July. MILO, a fully functional tax collector office on wheels, will be at the Billy G.
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northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 50. Calm wind. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 The Florida Highway Patrol’s new sports car can go from 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and reach speeds up to 194mph. Let’s say that again. 0-60 in 2.9 seconds. It’s a 2023 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray unveiled by the FHP on Tuesday. And no, it was not purchased with taxpayer dollars. The car was seized by the FHP in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force. For more photos, click here.
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northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 The Pensacola Blue Wahoos began their road schedule with a loss on Tuesday night, falling 3-0 to the Columbus Clingstones in the first game at the newly-renovated Synovus Park. In front of an eager sellout crowd of 5,041 fans, the Clingstones (5-4) christened their new home with a combined four-hit shutout of the Blue Wahoos (7-3).
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northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 Both the Northview Chiefs and the Tate Aggies fell Tuesday night in district playoff action. Jay 2, Northview 1Jackson Bridges went five and two-thirds innings for Northview, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits, walking four and striking out three. Landon Golden started for Jay, surrendering five hits and one run in seven innings, striking out eight and recording one walk. Brady Smith went 2-4 for Northview, and Jase Portwood had home RIB as he went 1-3.
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1 week ago | 
northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 In high school softball on Tuesday night, it was a night of home runs for the Tate Aggie as they beat Escambia, and Northview and Jay each recorded a home run as the Royals came out on top. Tate 15, Escambia 1The Tate High School Lady Aggies were on fire Tuesday night as they destroyed the Escambia Gators 15-1 in mercy-ruled five innings. The hits just kept on coming from the Aggies. In the second inning, Jordyn Banks hit a grand slam to center field.
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northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 The Town of Century’s new $35,000 sign has been installed. Last December, the town council approved the purchase from Plastic Arts Signs in Pensacola for the new sign, which includes an electronic message center. According to an agenda item by then-Mayor Luis Gomez, Jr., the sign will “enhance community visibility and branding” with a more modern design than the town’s non-functioning brick-based electronic sign. The brick sign has been removed.
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1 week ago | 
northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 Fire destroyed a vehicle outside of a Cantonment Dollar General Store on Tuesday night. The fire was reported in a parking area on the side of the Dollar General at 1429 South Highway 29 at Tate School Road. There were no injuries reported and no major damage to the building. Upon arrival, Escambia Fire Rescue was able to quickly bring the fire under control. For more photos, click here. There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire.
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1 week ago | 
northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 16, 2025 During a Pensacola press conference Tuesday morning, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fired the first shots in what has since erupted in a war of words between the Republican governor and fellow Republican District 1 Representative Michelle Salzman. Salzman, who said she was not even invited to the presser, is firing back. During the press conference at Pensacola State College, DeSantis said both local representatives, Salzman and Alex Andre, were “behaving like Democrats”.
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northescambia.com | William Reynolds
April 15, 2025 Joy Permelia Boothe Rowell, 70, of Jay, Florida, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Joy was born in Mobile, Alabama, to the late Alex Zander Boothe, Jr. and Virginia Adelle Estes Boothe on December 5, 1954. She was the fourth of five children, and she loved each of her siblings fiercely. Joy spent much of her childhood on Lott Road, moving between her parents’ dairy farm and the apartment above the store they owned.
