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A coach and teacher at Escambia County High School in Atmore who had a warrant for his arrest of having non-consensual sex with a student was killed in an Aug. 2 vehicle crash in Mobile when the suspect apparently made a U-turn into the path of an oncoming dump truck. Kasuan Denetrius Bullard, 39, died in the 10:30 a.m. collision on the Chochrane Causeway. Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson said a warrant had been issued for Bullard's arrest charging him with rape I and a teacher...
Although Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has not issued a mask mandate due to the spike in COVID-19 cases, individual groups, including schools and courts, are implementing mandates. Dr. Kenneth Varner, superintendent of the Brewton City School Board, issued an order, approved by the school board, that began Wednesday to require masks for all students, staff and masks inside the school system's facilities until Friday, Sept. 10. John Knott, superintendent of the Escambia County School System, said he...
After voting 4-3 on July 30 to hire Michelle M. McClung as the Escambia County (Ala.) School System's new superintendent, school board members met in a special session Thursday, Aug. 5, to finalize her contract in a meeting that turned into a finger-pointing session with accusations that School Board Chairman Cindy Jackson had told McClung she wasn't welcome. Jackson quickly responded that those accusations were a lie. McClung did send a telephone message Tuesday night that she had signed the...
In Flomaton's effort to keep illegal drugs of the streets, police have made three drug arrests in the past several days that involved synthetic marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Police Chief Chance Thompson said the police department will have a zero tolerance for illegal narcotics and is stepping up its interdiction program. On Aug. 3, Johnathon Buchanan, 30, of Georgia was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...
While he said it's too early to predict how Tropical Storm Fred may impact the area, Escambia County (Ala,) Emergency Management Director David Adams said people need to keep an eye on the storm. The storm changed from a tropical depression to Tropical Storm Fred Tuesday night. Adams said it's likely to lose strength when is crosses the Dominican Republic and other islands in the Caribbean and drop back to a tropical depression. However, he said once it reaches the Gulf of Mexico it will likely...
According to City Clerk Kim Godwin, Century Town Hall was closed on Monday, August 16th due to COVID-19 and will remain closed until 7:00 a.m. Thursday, August 19th for cleaning and disinfection....
