North Santa Rosa
Archive for: January, 2014

WHEN VISIBILITY IS LOW, DRIVE SLOW

Pensacola, Fla. –Visibility can change within seconds, so use extreme caution when driving in fog. There is the possibility of dense fog in the panhandle area for the next several nights. Motorists are urged to use caution when encountering fog on the roadways. Motorist should monitor the changing weather conditions and adjust their driving as […]

Charles Greer

Mr. Charles Greer, of Grovetown, Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Mr. Greer retired from the United States Air Force after 30 years of dedicated service including the Vietnam War. He later worked at TW Josey High School as JROTC Commandant for 16 years and coached baseball during his time there. Mr. and Mrs. […]

EREC Update

EREC incurred minimal outages as a result of the frigid winter storm conditions experienced by our area. We are thankful to have only had 10 outages to affect our power system during the event. EREC urges members to continue to take necessary safety precautions as dangerous conditions are still present throughout the area. EREC is […]

Baptist Health Care – Severe Weather Schedule

Baptist Health Care is pleased to provide the following updates regarding services: Andrews Institute         Closed today, reopening noon on Thursday. Baptist Hospital         Outpatient Heart Center closing at 2 p.m. today, reopening noon on Thursday.         Women’s imaging closed today, reopening noon on Thursday.   […]

Lady Jags Fall Short in District Tourney

The Ponce de Leon Pirates got the best of the young Jaguars Monday night knocking them out of the district tournament. The Jaguars’ season came to an end as they posted an overall record of 10-16 for the 2013-2014 season. The Lady Jags, who won the Jay Christmas Tournament this season, return everyone next season. […]

Girls’ Basketball Tournaments Postponed Until Friday

Games at Central and Bonifay regularly scheduled for Thursday night have been moved to Friday night. Freeport plays Chipley in Bonifay at 6:00 pm. Jay plays Holmes County in Bonifay at 7:30 pm. Games at Central include Malone vs. Poplar Springs at 6:00 followed by Ponce de Leon vs. Paxton.    

ECSO will be Closed Tomorrow, January 30, Due to Weather

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office will be closed tomorrow, January 30, 2014 due to the weather. All non-essential employees should not report to work. Written records, including incident reports and other department documents, will not available. The public is encouraged to stay off of the roads if at all possible until conditions […]

Update from Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office

Staffing at the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office will consist only of essential personnel. This has been extended to include Thursday. Our facilities and infrastructure have not been effected by the weather and we will be responding to calls as needed and as safely as possible. We urge citizens to stay off of the roadways […]

WINTER STORM UPDATE

Escambia County Emergency Management Officials continue to monitor winter weather conditions effect Escambia County. As a reminder, bridges and overpasses ice over before roadways. Every major bridge and roadway in Escambia County is either closed or experiencing major issues and even neighborhood streets are icy and dangerous. Traveling local roadways at this time can be […]

Jay Woman injured in Hwy 4 Crash

The icy weather is being blamed for a accident on Hwy 4 yesterday. The report states that Kasey Brown, of Jay was traveling east on SR4. The second vehicle driven by Larry M. Wiebel, of Moline, IL ,was traveling west on SR4  As the two vehicles neared each other just west of Market Rd, Ms. Brown’s vehicle lost traction […]