Property taxes now late

If you are reading this story and have not paid your proper- ty taxes in Escambia County (Ala.) you are now delinquent but do have time to pay those taxes before the property is auc- tioned off in front of the court- house sometime in mid-May.

Property taxes were due at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31. Tax Collector Tim Pettis said pay-

ments received in the mail that were postmarked on or before Dec. 31 will be accepted as being paid on time.

As of Tuesday morning, Pettis said about $14,300,000 of the $17,447,000 taxes owed had been collected. He expected the collected amount to top $16 mil- lion...