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Brewton woman granted parole

Faircloth Riley Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While a Brewton woman with a lengthy criminal profile was granted parole, two other state inmates with local ties were denied during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Catrina Renee Faircloth, 33, had been imprisoned for less than two years after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years as a habitual felony offender but had accumulated more than three…

Paving project at Oak Hill

Crews from Flomaton-based Arrington Construction take a break Tuesday (November 16) while waiting on a load of asphalt to arrive so that the paving of Oak Hill Cemetery can resume. City officials anticipate that the $496,000 project will be completed in early December.

ECHS basketball season begins with wins

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter There is little room to breathe between football and basketball season as the Escambia County High Blue Devils kicked off the 2021-2022 with back-to-back varsity wins over Monroe County High and B.C. Rain last week.Last Thursday (November 11), the Blue Devils kicked off basketball season with a 57-37 victory over the Monroe County Tigers. According to ECHS varsity boys’ head coach Layton Knight, the Blue Devils…

BOE terminates consulting contract

News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education met in special session Monday, November 8, with much of the meeting spent in executive session with board attorneys providing legal information and updates. Following the executive session, board member Mike Edwards made the following motion: “I make a motion that we terminate the consulting contract between the Board and retired superintendent John Knott. As Covid cases in Escambia County and…

Capital murder

Atmore woman among trio arrested Lowery Rolin Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was one of three suspects arrested last week and charged with capital murder in the shooting death more than four years ago of a Flomaton couple.Jacqueline Bernice Rolin, 40, of Atmore, Jermain Lavelle Smith, 35, of Flomaton, and Kenneth Joe Lowery Jr., 40, of Century were each charged with capital murder in connection with…

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