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A motorist traveling down Highway 113 near Flomaton Sunday evening pulled off the road to go to the bathroom. After entering the woods he discovered a body, which turned out to be Latonya Antionette Baxter, who was reported missing from Pensacola on Sept. 12. Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson said his office received a 911 call about 6 p.m. Sunday from the motorist, who had stopped to use the bathroom on the side of Carol Lane off of Highway 113. Sheriff Jackson said deputies and...
A Perdue Hill woman was jailed on $250,000 on charges of driving under the influence and assault I after hitting another vehicle head-on on Interstate 65 while driving the wrong way on the interstate. Earleen Williams McCall, 57, 47 Taylor Circle, was charged by state troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency following the Sept. 26 crash. Reports note that McCall was traveling south in the northbound lane of I-65, near the 58 mile marker in Escambia County, at 9:05 p.m. when the crash...
The Century Town Council held a special meeting Tuesday night to correct an error in the calculation of percentage of increase of the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 tentative millage rate of 0.9204, as compared to the rollback rate of 0.8853. Originally, the percentage of increase was over stated as 9.29 percent, instead of the corrected increase of 7.61 percent. Last year's tax levy for the town was $39,478 and this year's is $41,905, a difference of almost $2,500. In a motion made by Councilwoman...
Atmore native Carl Madison was inducted into the Florida High School Athletic Association’s hall of fame last weekend. The legendary coach is second in all-time wins in the state of Florida with a 326-129-7 record. His teams won four state championships and his 1988 Pensacola Pine Forest team won the mythical national championship and Madison was named national coach of the year. Born in Uriah, Ala., Madison played high school football at Escambia County High School in Atmore, where his teams won 30 consecutive games. After graduation, Madison...
