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Hartley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man who told an Escambia County, Ala. judge earlier this year he refused to comply with the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act (SORNA) in order that he would be sent to prison, has been arrested again for a sex crime, this time in Escambia County, Fla.Antonio Dywone Hartley, 29, who gave authorities an address on Dailey Street in Atmore and an…

The historic marker for Escambia County Training School on Martin Luther King Drive was re-dedicated Friday, October 29. The original marker was unveiled five years ago but was damaged during the Hurricane Sally cleanup effort. Shown at the re-dedication are, from left, Rhonda McCorvey, Barbara McCoy, Willie J. Grissett, Herb Hackman, Karean Reynolds (who spearheaded the funding for the new marker), Sandra Gray.

Emergency crews work to clear the scene of the accident By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer A violent, mid-morning crash claimed the life of an Atmore man Monday, October 25.According to Senior Alabama State Trooper Anna Peoples, Robert Marion Hadley, 62, was traveling northbound within the southbound lane of Alabama Highway 21 in a white 2010 Ford F-150 at mile marker three, directly in front of Oak Hill Cemetery’s main entrance,…

Convicted of Escambia murders, trio await fate on Death Row Peraita Floyd Yeiter By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Willie B. Smith III was executed last week at William C. Holman Correctional Facility — almost 30 years to the day after he abducted and killed 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson near Birmingham — he died nearly 200 miles from the site of his crime.Three other Holman inmates scheduled to eventually pay…

Masks will be optional for students, faculty News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education met in special session Wednesday, October 20, to address the mask requirement and personnel items.Board member Sherry Digmon made the motion to lift the mask requirement in schools as of October 29. At the September 20 meeting, the board voted to extend the requirement until October 29 when the Covid situation in schools would…