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The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation and Safety Board are investigating airplane crashes that occurred last Friday and Saturday at the Atmore and Brewton airports respectively. Freddie Wayne McCall, Jr., manager of the Atmore Airport and manager and Fix Based Operations owner at the Brewton Airport, confirmed the crashes and the investigations. McCall said there were no injuries in either crash but both aircrafts were severely damaged. McCall said the crash at the...
Tears flowed from the eyes of sixth graders at Flomaton Elementary School as they remembered their classmate Jaden James during a dedication of a hand-made bench that now sits in the courtyard between the old and new wings of the school. James was killed in an automobile accident on Oct. 3, 2020, but his smile, attitude and laughter is still imbedded in the minds of his classmates. FES Principal George Brown said an anonymous donor built and donated the bench to the school in James' honor,...
Paula Bryant, sister of Phala Partin Hay who died inside her home during a fire on May 7, said her sister was not wheel-chair bound as reported in the May 13 edition of the Tri-City Ledger. “She was not wheel-chair bound,” Bryant said. “She had a wheelchair and used it sometimes, but she could walk.” Fire departments from McCall, Friendship, Brewton and Pineview responded to the 9:53 p.m. call at Hay's residence at 266 Jernigan Road and found the home fully involved. Hay's body was found i...
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Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Tim Pettis said all 161 parcels of land that were on the delinquent tax rolls were sold Monday and Tuesday in the county's first venture into an on-line tax lien sale. Instead of publishing the delinquent tax notices in newspapers, Escambia County joined other counties in doing the sale on-line. Under the process, bidders didn't bid on the cost of the property itself, but bid on interest rates for the property. Pettis said the average interest rate bid was...
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