Century, FL

The Century Town Council is set to hold a public hearing and special meeting this evening to consider a key step forward for the town's water infrastructure. Council members will vote on Resolution 2026-010, which would formally approve and adopt Century's Water Facility Plan under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection State Revolving Fund program — a state financing mechanism designed to help municipalities pay for water system improvements. The resolution, if approved, would...

The Century Lions Club has rescheduled its Cross Country 5K Run/Walk for the second time, moving the event from this Saturday, November 7, to spring 2027. The postponement comes because youth football playoffs are taking over Anthony Pleasant Park this weekend, leaving no venue for the race. The event was originally planned for October 10 before Hurricane Isaias forced an initial reschedule to November. Century residents and participants should mark their calendars for a spring date to be...

The Community Action Program Committee, Inc. is bringing hurricane recovery resources to Century residents Thursday and Friday this week. Representatives will staff Century Town Hall from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on both November 6 and 7, offering utility bill assistance and other storm-related relief to eligible residents. The mobile assistance is part of ongoing recovery efforts following recent hurricane impact in the North Escambia area. Residents struggling with utility costs or other...

What to KnowThe predicted blue wave materialized in midterm elections from coast to coast Tuesday, with Democrats winning control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina. They held on to battleground seats in Georgi

Michael Alfonso, the 26-year-old Republican son-in-law of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, will become the youngest member of Congress.

After almost a century of magic, a historic theater is passing the torch to new ownership. Miami-Dade College has announced that Tower Theater Miami is...

Although fans have been cosplaying as Dr. Frank-N-Furter for half a century thanks to The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s infamous midnight screenin...

Ford built roughly five million Model A cars between 1927 and 1931. Nearly a century later, a dedicated club in Richmond, Virginia is making sure a surviving fraction of them still see open road. Members like Dennis Stone, Stew Wolfe and Henry Nelson say the reward isn’t speed or luxury. It’s the reaction from strangers,…

Governor Ron DeSantis was in Tampa Bay this morning to highlight Florida's role in advanced air mobility as electric aircraft took to the skies for the state's first official demonstration flight. The event recreated the historic 1914 commercial airline route between St. Petersburg and Tampa—over a century later, this time with vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft. The demonstration is part of the FAA's eVTOL and Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program, which is testing whether...

The Escambia County Clerk and Comptroller's Office is looking to fill a part-time student assistant position at the Billy G. Ward Century Courthouse in north Escambia County. The position, based at 7500 North Century Boulevard, pays $15 per hour and is available for up to 1,400 hours per fiscal year. Interested applicants will handle filing, pulling court dockets, preparing documents, operating scanners, and delivering records as part of their duties. The office is now accepting applications...