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A 39-year old Atmore man was arrested Friday and charged with murder the Aug. 5 death of Kenneth Elbert Harrison, 45, who was attacked in the parking lot of The Tavern of Atmore, located at 5440 Highway 31 in Atmore. Kendrell Monta Madison, 39, 209 ½ 10th Ave., was arrested about 5:40 a.m. after a traffic stop and charged with murder. He was transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton and is being held without bond. During a bond hearing Sept. 22, District Judge Eric Co...
A convicted sex offender who had registered his home address in Flomaton was arrested for violating Alabama's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act after officials determined he was living in Century. Darrell Anthony Smith, 51, whose address was listed at 4247 Old Atmore Road, was arrested last week and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton and jailed on $50,000 bond. Flomaton police originally confronted Smith when Smith used an extension cord to hook up to...
Municipalities within Escambia County (Ala.) will soon have to pay the county $35 per day for housing inmates arrested on misdemeanor charges or violating local ordinances under an agreement passed Monday by the county commission. The commission approved a tri-party intergovernmental service agreement for housing city prisoners. The contract presented Monday was for the city of Brewton, but Sheriff Heath Jackson said an identical contract will be presented to Atmore, East Brewton and Flomaton....
The Town of Century will go back to the drawing board after a vote of 4 to 1 Tuesday night kept the proposed millage rate of 0.9204 from being approved unanimously, which also keeps the tentative budget from being approved. Councilwoman Dynette Lewis voted no. Council members Henry Cunningham, Shelisa McCall, Alicia Johnson and Sandra McMurray Jackson voted yes. Lewis voted to approve the first reading of the proposed millage rate and budget at the Sept. 5 council meeting but Lewis has since...
