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Less than a week after Escambia County (Ala.) Engineer Bill Bridges was placed on paid administrative leave, the county commission voted 3-2 Monday to fire him from the position he's held the past 25 years. Commissioner Brandon Smith made the motion to terminate Bridges' job as county engineer and Commissioner Larry White issued the second. On the roll-call vote Smith, White and Chairman Raymond Wiggins voted to fire Bridges. Commissioners Steven Dickey and Karean Reynolds voted no. After the...
Shannon Dean Barlow and his brother Franklin Lee Barlow, Jr., will at least spend the next five years behind bars after the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denied the two convicted murderers parole Wednesday morning. Shannon Barlow and Franklin Barlow both pleaded guilty in October, 1993, for the murder of their stepmother Kathy Victory Hall Barlow and their 12-year old stepsister Angel Marie Hall. The two were sentenced to consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole. A third...
The town of Century held a workshop Tuesday night to discuss the town’s water backflow prevention and cross-connection control plan (CCCP) with plans to have another workshop to proceed with putting the plan in action and how to fund it. During council member roll call, Town Clerk Leslie Howington announced she had heard back from Town Attorney Matt Dannheisser that council member appointee Alicia Johnson would be able to sit at the council table and be able to participate in the conversation a...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission passed a resolution Monday asking its legislative delegation to pass a local bill to give the county the authority to pay the sheriff to operate the animal control shelter and pound with Commissioner Karean Reynolds casting the lone no vote. Under Alabama law, the county is required to operate an animal shelter. The county has reached an agreement to operate and staff the shelter previously occupied by the city of Brewton on Highway 31 near Nordmeyer...
