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An Atmore juvenile who allegedly told an acquaintance he had robbed a Walnut Hill store at gunpoint Dec. 7 was arrested Dec. 17 and now faces more robbery charges along with the acquaintance and a third person. Tallin Trayton Bishop, 17, 70 Switch Road, was identified by a Marathon Convenience store employee as the suspect who entered 10481 North Highway 97 with a firearm at 11:30 a.m., Dec. 7, according to an Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office report. The employee told officers the...
At its meeting Thursday, Dec. 16, the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved an e-learning day for students county-wide on Jan. 4, which means students will return to their classrooms on Wednesday, Jan. 5, not Tuesday like originally scheduled. The purpose of the day is to allow Escambia County teachers to attend a professional development training provided by the district. “It's a two day training that gives us an opportunity to start the new year off with with our teachers and s...
With the deadline to file property taxes looming, Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Tim Pettis said as of Wednesday morning his office has collected about 60 percent of taxes that are due. Property taxes are traditionally due by Dec. 31 but due to New Year's Eve falling on Dec. 31 the deadline has been extended to Monday, Jan. 3. “I expect a huge increase these next few days,” Pettis said of taxes collected. “A lot of people wait until the last minute to pay their taxes.” Taxes not paid by...
Edward O. Wilson spent many hours playing in the dirt and looking under logs in search of just about anything that moved or grew while growing up in Brewton. His love of nature, and especially his fascination with ants, led to a great career that included 46 years as a professor at Harvard and two Pulitzer Prizes for his books 'On Human Nature' and 'The Ants'. His love of nature led to the city of Brewton preserving 100-plus acres of land on both sides of Burnt Corn Creek that was dedicated as...
Escambia County High School graduate Ron Middleton was named the interim head coach of the New York Jets this past weekend after head coach Robert Saleh was out due to COVID-19. The former Blue Devil football star from Atmore led the Jets to a 26-21 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars giving Middleton a 1-0 record as a head coach in the NFL. Melvin Middleton, who helped coach Ron Middleton in junior high school and high school in Atmore, said he knew Ron would be successful in whatever he...
