Articles from the November 17, 2022 edition


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  • Cocaine, fentanyl leads to jail

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Nov 17, 2022

    An Atmore woman is being held on $1.5 million bond following her arrest for trafficking cocaine, trafficking fentanyl, obstruction of justice and unlawful possession of marijuana II. Kimbrianna Prescott, 26, with addresses listed on Braggs Road and Cypress Street, was arrested on Nov. 8 by a state trooper with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. According to court records, Prescott was found in possession of a kilo of cocaine, a kilo of cocaine laced with fentanyl and marijuana near County Road...

  • Neal, ECHS on fail list of schools

    Gretchen McPherson, Ledger Staff|Nov 17, 2022

    W.S. Neal High School and Escambia County High School have landed on the list of ‘failing schools’, receiving an ‘F’ based on the scores of 11th grade ACT tests taken last spring. The grade comes from 2013’s Alabama Accountability Act, which requires the bottom 6 percent of schools to be labeled as failing based on those ACT test scores from the previous spring. Escambia County Superintendent Michele McClung said when she saw their ACT scores when she stepped foot on the job and she knew they...

  • Honoring vets

    Nov 17, 2022

  • White files new motion on murder case

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Nov 17, 2022

    After Circuit Judge Jack Weaver denied a motion filed by Brewton Attorney Earnie White to dismiss capital murder charges against Jonathan Michael Taylor and or to at least hold a hearing to determine if the district attorney’s office withheld evidence that led to mistrial, White has filed another motion arguing if the court says the prosecution did nothing wrong, why was the mistrial called in the first place. In White’s new motion filed Nov. 11, he again asked the judge to dismiss the charges o...

  • New charges may lead to prison stay

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Nov 17, 2022

    A Flomaton man, whose current address is listed as 'homeless' was arrested early Tuesday morning on multiple charges after being accused of confronting a Flomaton Police Office with a knife and may now face 60 months in prison on a violation of probation charge. Emanuel Rabun Bethea, 35, was charged with resisting arrest, escape III, disorderly conduct, menacing and criminal trespassing. Flomaton police were dispatched to the Circle K convenience store on Sidney Manning Boulevard about 4:30...

  • Members installed

    Nov 17, 2022