Articles from the September 22, 2022 edition


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  • Two jailed for murder attempts

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 22, 2022

    Two Atmore residents were arrested on multiple counts of attempted murder in two separate incidents on Patterson Street. Eric Montray Frye, 31, 49 Liberty St., was charged with eight counts of attempted murder and is being held in the Escambia County Detention Center on $500,000 bond. Court records state Frye fired multiple shots into a crowd of people on Sept. 17 while driving by the gathering. Nobody was injured in the shootings. On Sept. 20, Atmore police were dispatched to the 200 block of...

  • Students come to rescue on seizure

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 22, 2022

    Three Flomaton students are being credited with helping a woman who fell during a seizure and suffered a severe cut to the head. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said Chloe Smith, 15, Devon Lambert, 17, and Ryan Smith, 13, were inside the Circle K convenience store on Sidney Manning Boulevard about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday when the woman had the seizure and fell to the ground. Stanton said firemen and EMS were dispatched to the store in reference to a female having a seizure. “When I got there I s...

  • Billups is interim coach at academy

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 22, 2022

    Gex Billups will begin his tenure as Escambia Academy's interim head football coach Friday when the Cougars host Valiant Cross Academy in a 7 p.m. kickoff. Billups replaces Coach Brandon Wilcox who resigned as the head coach after coaching three games in his first year at E.A. Escambia Academy Headmaster Susan Kirk said earlier this week that Wilcox was no longer associated with the school. Kirk added that it was a mutual decision between the school and Wilcox and "we wish him the best in his...

  • Gibson crowned Northview Queen

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  • Dekel 'Flying High' with book release

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 22, 2022

    With what started as a way to make money and turned more to the excitement as Billy Dekel flew numerous trips to Columbia and beyond bringing large cargos of marijuana back to the United States. His drug smuggling career ended on Sept. 27, 1990 in the parking lot of Bennigan's Restaurant in Pensacola when Ed Hudson arrested him on federal warrants that eventually led to Dekel being sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole and eight 30-year sentences. He spent his time...

  • 'Junction' to return Saturday

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 22, 2022

    After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Flomaton's Railroad Junction Day is returning this Saturday, Sept. 24, with a full day of fun, food, crafts, entertainment, a car show, a cornhole tournament and more that also includes a $1,000 giveaway for visiting area businesses. The day will kick off at 9 a.m. with the opening ceremonies in front of the post office with a welcome from Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., and Dietrich Bondurant playing the national anthem and the Boy Scouts...