Escambia County News

A relative says the mother and father of 16 children - 12 of them adopted - have been found shot to death in a home invasion.

A marine from Escambia County, Alabama gets a special honor in his hometown on July 4th 2009.

An Escambia County jury late Thursday convicted a 24-year-old waiter of raping an acquaintance and slashing her throat after a night of drinking in 2007.

The trial of a man charged with sexual battery and attempted murder of a woman resumed this morning after an alternate juror fell faint.

By Robert McGhee We believe it is important to correct some grievous errors made in Gary Palmer's opinion piece published June 17 in your newspaper .

June 24 - Escambia County Sheriff's Department deputies say people need to be aware of a sweepstakes scam being run through phone calls to potential victims.

June 24 - An Escambia County man's junk is getting him in trouble. Escambia County officials say George Roberson, who lives on Highway 31 near Atmore, was issued a citation earlier this month saying he was in violation of the county's junk nuisance ordinance.

A work release inmate who walked off the job site Thursday was captured in Florala on Saturday as the result of a routine traffic stop.

A fatal accident on Interstate 65 in Escambia County backed up traffic northbound for hours Friday.

Mullet Wrapper : "Escambia County Area Transit has started weekend bus service, the Perdido Express , from the NAS back gate to the Alabama/Florida state line on Perdido Key Dr.

By Gary Palmer The United States Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that could impact the future of Poarch Creek Indian gambling operations in Alabama.

Baldwin deputies were called to the Perdido River for fights twice this week... The main gathering spot is a bridge on the Alabama-Florida state line.

When students in one local school district head back to class next fall.. there will be one thing they can't take with them.. Cell phones.

A federal judge in Mobile on Thursday sentenced a Loxley man who pled guilty to child pornography charges to five years and 10 months in prison.

Filling up in Escambia County could soon cost a few more pennies. The county commission is once again considering a gas tax increase to fund the area's bus system.

Cell phones will be banned this fall on the campuses of public schools in Escambia County, Ala.

ATMORE, Ala.: A south Alabama man wanted in the armed robbery of an Atmore bank is in police custody in central Florida.

Authorities in south Alabama are on the lookout for an armed man who robbed the First National Bank and Trust in Atmore.

May 18 -- Cell phones will not be allowed inside schools in Escambia County Alabama.

May 13 - A 17-year-old accused of killing a donkey could face higher penalties when he goes to court.