Articles from the March 24, 2022 edition


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  • Judge accepts Walker's plea

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Mar 24, 2022

    Less than a week after Circuit Judge Jack Weaver rejected a guilty plea from Nadiya Diane Walker that would have given her a 30-year prison sentence, the judge accepted another plea agreement that carries a sentence of 15 years to life. Walker and Jonathan Michael Taylor were both charged with capital murder in the March 2015 shooting death of Walker's ex-boyfriend, Cory Brian Moncrief. Taylor has admitted to shooting Moncrief in the back of the head as Moncrief slept on his sofa inside his...

  • Trailers leveled in storm

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Mar 24, 2022

    Multiple residents living in the Big Oak Village mobile home park in Poarch on Jack Springs Road have either lost it all, need to find other homes or are looking for repairs in the aftermath of the storm that roared through the area last Friday. David Adams, director of the Escambia County Emergency Management Agency, said the National Weather Service stated it was straight-line winds and not a tornado that destroyed and damaged multiple homes in the area. "I really doesn't matter to those...

  • Gaming back on table in Alabama Legislature

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Mar 24, 2022

    After a week of spring vacation, the Alabama Legislature will got back in session Tuesday with seven days left with gambling bills After a week of spring vacation, the Alabama Legislature will got back in session Tuesday with seven days left with gambling bills on the agenda State Sen. Greg Albritton has introduced a bill to not only create a state lottery, but also open options for casino-type gaming at certain places across the state. Sen. Albritton's bill calls for not only a state lottery...

  • McDavid man arrested for killing 64-year old

    Gretchen McPherson, Ledger Staff|Mar 24, 2022

    A McDavid man was arrested and charged with second degree homicide Tuesday when a female at his residence was found deceased with a single gunshot would to her chest. Frankie Milton Wilson, 72, of McDavid, Fla., was arrested and charged with second degree homicide after Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office deputies responded in reference to a possible shooting victim in the 30 block of Worly Road arrived on scene just before 9 p.m. Upon arrival, found 64-year-old female victim located in the...