Year: 2024

Local man booked on 14 separate charges By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Bagwel Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows that county sheriff’s deputies arrested an Atmore man after a February 29 incident and chase resulted in a “baker’s dozen” separate charges, including two felonies, against the man.According to jail records, 38-year-old James Anthony Bagwell remained in the facility early Tuesday, March 5, on…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A still-unidentified Atmore Police Department officer got a scare but came out unscathed when his patrol car slid into a ditch and onto its side around 2:30 p.m., last Wednesday, February 28.According to a press release issued the night of the single-vehicle accident, the officer was responding to a traffic crash with injuries on Martin Luther King between the railroad tracks and Ridgley Street.“The officer…

Rachel Patterson Elementary student Zoe Singleton proudly displays her face painting, always a popular feature News Staff Report The weather turned cold and windy Thursday, Feb. 29, but it couldn’t dampen the spirits of the students and volunteers participating in Super Fun Day at W.S. Neal High School in Brewton. Kids from public schools in the county smiled and competed their way through athletic events tailored especially for them.“The day…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) officials have lifted the restrictions just put into place last week regarding outdoor burning in eight southwest Alabama counties, including Escambia.A lack of rain, along with gusty winds and low relative humidities — conditions not common to this time of year — were blamed for the February 26 issuance by AFC of a “Fire Alert” in Escambia, Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh,…

The following docket is set for the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Criminal Court, March 11, 2024 – March 22, 2024 Judge WhiteEric Scott Risley, UPCS; Tyson Phillips, Robbery 1st; Daryl Graves, Stalking 1st; Justin Blake Gibson, UPCS; Mark Leland Musser, UPCS; Deon Booth, PPC 1st; Clinton Wiggins, UPCS;Adam Countryman, UPCS; Jacob Turner, UPCS; Eddie Bernard Jones, UDCS; Darrel Campbell, UDCS, UPOM 1st; Lenson Bethea, Sex Abuse – Child <12; Frank Taylor,…