Month: August 2020

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Escambia County Commission will soon have its third chairman in slightly more than eight months. Karean Reynolds, who replaced Raymond Wiggins as the panel’s presiding officer on December 9, 2019, announced July 31 that “a future opportunity which will allow me to better serve our community” has prompted him to step down as commission chair. Reynolds, who was elected to the District 5…

Child rape suspect found asleep on Maxwell Street porch Payne By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police were able to peacefully take a Baldwin County man into custody on July 30, although the arrest apparently brought a peaceful moment to an end for the suspect. “We had gotten word that he was seen in the Maxwell Street area,” said Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks of 29-year-old Corneise Colins Payne.…