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David Gehman, standing, and Martin Gehman, seated, share memories on the last day of their broadcast By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher David Gehman and his dad, Martin, were in one area of the studio. David’s brother Jerry Gehman was in another area. All were broadcasting on WGYJ – for the final time. The radio station went off the air Sunday evening, September 3, but the live broadcasts ended Thursday morning, August…

Poarch man, 65, arrested in neighbor’s shooting death White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer UPDATED TO CORRECT SITE OF MURDER A 65-year-old Poarch man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center without bond at midweek, charged with murder in the Saturday, August 26, shooting death of a neighbor.Reports show Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Poarch Tribal Police officers and Atmore Police Department officers responded to Quarry Village Mobile Home Park,…

U.S. Congressman Jerry Carl was one of the guest speakers at the Escambia GOP meeting Monday, August 28, at Atmore City Hall. Judge Bill Cole (Jefferson County) and Judge Richard Minor (Lee County) also spoke briefly. After his comments about thehappenings in Washington D.C., Carl took questions from the audience. Shown talking after the meeting are, from left, Jerry Carl, Mayor Jim Staff, and Probate Judge Doug Agerton.

Residence hit by gun fire By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police are investigating an August 24 incident during which a person was wounded when someone fired several gunshots into a Brooks Lane residence.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that officers were sent to the 100 block of Brooks Lane around 8:55 p.m. after dispatchers relayed a report of shots fired.Officers discovered a residence had been hit by gunfire,…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education followed up a stormy workshop with a calm regular meeting, during which the board quietly approved total expenditures of more than half-a-million dollars, most of it for math and reading improvement programs for Special Education teachers and students with special needs. The biggest purchase was of Read180 and Math180 intervention and academic acceleration programs from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,…