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For the second time the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education voted 4-3 last Thursday to not renew the contract of Superintendent Michele McClung, but School Board President Danny Benjamin says he will bring the vote back to the table for a third time. "I plan to bring it back up," Benjamin said. "I've talked to a lot of citizens and they want us to renew her contract." The school board held a special meeting Wednesday (Oct. 18) at the central office in Brewton, however, McClung said she...
A Century man was jailed on $300,000 bond on two counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied building and three counts of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle. Travis Lavar Scott, 18, 8101 North Century Boulevard, was arrested Oct. 12, and transported to the Escambia County Detention Center. According to reports released by the Atmore Police Department, officers were dispatched to Atmore Community Hospital on Oct. 6 in reference to a victim suffering a gunshot wound to...
Monday night, the Jay Town Council appointed Jay resident Mike Hutto as interim council member to fill former council member Wayne Godwin's seat after a two-year vacancy. Councilwoman Jane Hayes made a motion, which was seconded by Councilman Josh Holloway. The motion carried unanimously. Godwin resigned his council seat April 19, 2021, when he moved out of the town limits. "I feel honored to be on the Jay Council," said Hutto. "But I do think that I will bring the older crowd in and have a voic...
A traffic stop in Atmore for an expired tag and improper lights led to multiple charges after the suspect attempted to flee police on foot after being pulled over. Annie Deloris Frye, 52, 208 Park Drive, Atmore, was arrested Oct. 13 and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine), obstruction of justice by giving a false name, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, attempting to elude, driving while license was revoked, improper lights and having an expired...
