Schools experience ‘smooth’ first day
By Lisa Tindell
Heat may have been the only enemy for teachers and students returning to school Monday. Principals at area schools reported no major problems with students as bells rang to begin the 2010-2011 school year for Escambia County schools.
Manhunt leads to arrest
By Adam Prestridge
A Huxford man led deputies and investigators with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on a nearly nine-hour manhunt earlier this week while his accomplice spent the night in the hospital following a head-on vehicle crash.
Victory for Jackson
By Kerry Whipple Bean
Brewton native Heath Jackson will face incumbent Democrat Grover Smith in the November general election for sheriff after easily beating Republican challenger Lloyd Albritton in Tuesday’s primary.
Family escapes fire
By Adam Prestridge
A local family is thankful to be alive after flames ripped through their mobile home Sunday evening in Poarch.