Year: 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.…

Reports that five members of the same family suffered only minor injuries in a Sunday (July 26) head-on collision on U.S. 31 are apparently inaccurate. Official reports showed that Mary Doyle of Century, Fla. – the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the 3 p.m. crash – was treated and released at North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette. An adult passenger in Doyle’s vehicle, as well as Doyle’s…

News Staff Report Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigations is conducting an investigation into the July 23 death of an inmate at Escambia County Detention Center. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said the unidentified inmate is believed to have died of natural causes, and the state probe is normal protocol for all in-custody deaths. According to the sheriff, the inmate was unresponsive during a cell check that was…