Articles from the February 15, 2024 edition


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  • Skeletal remains lead to arrest

    Gretchen McPherson, Ledger Staff|Feb 15, 2024

    A Jay man was arrested Feb. 10 and charged with murder and felony possession of a weapon the when skeletal remains of a female were discovered in a shallow grave on his land. Jeffrey Scott Bostwick, 53, 2951 CobbTown Road, was questioned about the disappearance of Christina Uribe following information provided by an informant that around the middle of January, he told a third party he had shot Uribe with a shotgun and buried her, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. Uribe wa...

  • Digmon arrested for her third time

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Feb 15, 2024

    Escambia County (Ala.) School Board Member Sherry Digmon was jailed and released for a third time on the same charges that accuse her of revealing secret grand jury information and of an ethics violation. Digmon went to the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton Monday afternoon to drop off paper work and was taken into custody, quickly processed and released. Digmon's original bond was $100,000 on the ethics charge and $10,000 for releasing the grand jury information. Under the new...

  • Atmore man in a stolen car leads to multiple charges

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Feb 15, 2024

    An Atmore man pulled over driving a stolen vehicle saw charges mount after officers found drugs and three fake identifications. John Kenneth Hovance, 52, 600 Freemanville Drive, was charged with receiving stolen property I, two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of possession of a forged instrument. According to information provided by the Atmore Police Department, about 6:25 p.m. on Feb. 8, officers were alerted...

  • Council balks at taking over cemetery road plan

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Feb 15, 2024

    A request by Flomaton Councilwoman Lillian Dean for the town to pave or repair the road at Pleasant Hill Cemetery failed to advance after Mayor Jim Johnson noted it was private property and that the town couldn't do anything on private property. Dean told the council that the road into the cemetery was in terrible shape and limbs needed to be trimmed back. Dean also said the property owners were willing to give the town the right-of-way for a new road. Mayor Johnson again said the town cannot... Full story

  • Giving the gift of life

    Feb 15, 2024

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