Month: November 2022

News Staff Report An Atmore woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash that occurred around 7:45 p.m., Sunday, November 20, on a rural Escambia County road.Alabama State Troopers reported Monday night, November 21, that Tara R. Nelson, 46, was fatally injured when the 2015 Kia Cadenza she was driving left Booneville Road, struck a tree and overturned.Nelson was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and…

Prescott By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A November 8 traffic stop by Alabama State Troopers resulted in several charges, including two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs, against a 26-year-old Atmore woman.The Escambia County Detention Center website shows that troopers turned Kimbrianna Prescott over to jailers on charges of trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in fentanyl, second-degree possession of marijuana and obstruction of a governmental operation.Prescott remained in the county lockup…

Newly elected Vice President Cindy Jackson, left, and President Danny Benjamin, right Judge Jeff White, center, swore in Cindy Jackson, left, and Sherry Digmon, right, for their next six-year terms By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County Board of Education members elected their top two positions during the board’s November 18 meeting. Under Alabama law, school boards must meet in November of each year to elect a president and vice-president.District…