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The body of 62-year old Ricky Robinson was located Friday morning in the Conecuh River about a quarter of a mile down stream from where he reportedly went under water near McGowin Bridge last Monday. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said Robinson's body was discovered by a sheriff's department search team. Jackson said no foul play is suspected but noted as in all unattended deaths an autopsy will be performed. Jackson said Robinson, 62, a Castleberry resident, and two other people were at...
Last Thursday, Flomaton High School, Atmore Christian School, Escambia Academy, Escambia County High School and Homeschooled Kids & Company seniors attended this year's Law Day at the Escambia County (Ala.) Courthouse in Brewton and got to hear the guest speaker, Terri Lovell, executive director of the Alabama State Bar. Selected seniors from each class got to serve as sworn-in jurors and decide in the case of Tanner Weaver. Weaver had been arrested and charged with possession of a controlled...
A victim who was stabbed April 23 at Tractor Supply in Atmore is now a suspect in the stabbing incident that left another individual in critical condition. Atmore police have not released the names of the other victim or the suspect. According to reports, on April 23, police were dispatched to Tractor Supply at 161 Lindberg Ave., in reference to two people being stabbed. When officers arrived on the scene, one of the male subjects was lying just inside the entry to Tractor Supply bleeding...
Rita Thomas, a 26-year veteran city of Brewton mail carrier, is reminding residents to participate in the post office’s carrier food drive this Saturday, May 11. “Many area churches, as well as the local food bank, benefit greatly from our annual collection of non-perishable food items,” Thomas said. “They, in turn, are able to give assistance to those in need.” She added that the food drive is a way for everyone in the Brewton community to come together to help neighbors facing hunger an...
A big crowd gathered on the front lawn of the Escambia County Courthouse in Brewton last Thursday for the National Day of Prayer with the theme of 'Lift up the Word - Light up the World.'...
An Atmore man arrested and charged with sodomy I, sexual abuse I and unlawful imprisonment II was given a $50,000 bond following an Aniah's Law hearing Tuesday before Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale. Shaquille Javon Brown, 31, 1106 North Main St., lot 44, was arrested on incidents that began in September, 2019. According to court records, on April 25, Brown is accused of grabbing a female by the hair and forcing her to perform oral sex on him, which resulted in the sodomy charge. He...
The Coastal Alabama Community College North baseball team in Brewton has won the Alabama Community College Conference tournament and is now one step away from punching its ticket into the College World Series. It’s been 26 years since the Brewton-based team won the state’s first community college national tournament, also under Head Coach Keith Griffin, who returned to the dugout in Brewton in 2022. In winning the ACCC championship, the Coyotes fulfilled one of their primary goals despite a slo...
