Author: Don Fletcher

Site Manager John Gibson and two employees begin pumping water from the footing hole. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Chattanooga, Tenn.-based contractor Berry Construction’s practice of checking every possible angle of a commercial project, combined with a weekend deluge that dumped more than 1.5 inches on the city in just a few hours, has come back to bite the company.A 7,000 square-feet “footing hole,” about 10 feet deep, was halfway…

Jackson submits grievance to Bar Association Billy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The husband of one of the four people arrested by District Attorney Steve Billy, against whom the Alabama Attorney General’s Office eventually dropped all charges, has filed a formal complaint with the Alabama Bar Association over the actions of the county’s top prosecutor.The Alabama Bar Complaint Against a Lawyer was filed December 10 by Col. Charles Jackson (Ret.),…

Owens By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A member of this year’s Escambia County High School football team faces several charges after he struck an officer with a 4-wheeler while trying to avoid arrest last Wednesday, December 18.According to police reports, the officer was driving on Sunset Drive when he met a four-wheeler traveling in the opposite direction. He turned his marked police vehicle around and attempted a traffic stop due…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County’s public school system has implemented the new digital reading platform recently purchased for students in grades K-8, and for youngsters who haven’t yet started school.Dr. Michele Collier, superintendent of education for county schools, said the new reading aid is designed to both improve the literacy level of students, but to also help younger children develop a love for reading.“Escambia County Schools is excited…