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An 18-year-old Cantonment man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly grabbing the steering wheel of a moving SUV on Interstate 10 in Escambia County, causing a crash that left the driver with a broken leg. Landen Tyler Smith was arrested following the single-vehicle crash on eastbound I-10 near mile marker 16.5, close to Scenic Highway. He [...]

Joe Vinson has made Escambia County history, becoming the first candidate with no party affiliation (NPA) ever elected to the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners after officially defeating Republican incumbent Ashlee Hofberger by 19 votes in the District 4 race. The razor-thin victory was cemented Friday, Nov. 13, when the Escambia County Canvassing Board finalized [...]

Chilly weekend temperatures will bring areas of frost away from the immediate coast before a slight chance of showers arrives early next week. Sunshine will return by Tuesday, ushering in a gradual warming trend into the 70s through the end of the workweek. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday [...]

State agricultural law enforcement officers turned away a cargo van carrying roughly 500 pounds of undocumented seafood at the Interstate 10 Agricultural Inspection Station in Escambia County after the driver allegedly attempted to bypass the checkpoint. According to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE), office...

The Ernest Ward Middle School FFA won first place for the booth at this year’s Pensacola Interstate Fair. Students spent many hours working on the display, inviting fairgoers to “Grow with the flow with Aquaponics.” Several students who went above and beyond earned fair tickets. Photo for NorthEscambia.com. Click to enlarge.