Atmore News

Special to Atmore News (Jay, FL) Escambia River Electric Cooperative (EREC) will award scholarships to graduating seniors in Escambia (Fla.) and Santa Rosa counties whose parent or guardian is a member of the cooperative. Two $4,000 scholarships – awarded in honor of former EREC director Herman D. Johnson – will be offered. Students must show proof of enrollment and maintain a grade point average of 2.5 to continue to receive…

Thompson Ivey By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Escambia County, Fla. woman was the last person arrested by Atmore police on felony drug possession charges in 2021, and a Baldwin County man was the first to face such charges in the new year.Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported this week that the out-of-towners — Tiffany Ann Ivey, 38, of Pensacola, and Tevin Thompson, 29, of Bay Minette — were each arrested…

Crawford Pugh Maye By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Brewton men, each sentenced to a lengthy term in prison, got different results from hearings held recently by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles. The board denied parole for one but determined that another had paid his debt to society.Parole was granted for 31-year-old Marcus Allan Crawford, who was sentenced in 2020 to serve 10 years and had served slightly…

News Staff Report Details were still sketchy this week on the December 17 arrest of a man who was arrested by state corrections officers on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance.Escambia County Detention Center records show that Alabama Department of Corrections officers arrested James Glyness McGougin, 34, and processed him into the county jail on three drug-related charges.McGougin, whose city of residence isn’t shown on the jail web site or…