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Local man killed while working on road crew
Morris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Escambia County man, one of two state inmates hit and killed by a car last week as they worked on an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) work crew, was to have been laid to final rest on Tuesday, August 8.Forty-year-old Colt Eugene Morris of Escambia County and Ronnie Steven Cornelius, 30, of Colbert County were both killed while working along Marion County Highway…
GECA’s ‘Four Windows’ opens this week
Play to run over two weekends In dress rehearsal, from left, Charity Strength, Sharon Poulsen, Linda Williams (in the window), Carley Martens and Vinson Jaye in the doorway, Tom Jeter and Gretchen McPherson. By GRETCHEN MCPHERSONSpecial to Atmore News The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA) presents “Four Windows,” a StageStruck production that tells the story of four elderly female friends in an apartment building living a pretty uneventful…
Mobile man sought in fatal Brooks Lane shooting
Atmore police reported this afternoon (Tuesday, Aug. 1) that a Mobile man, who they say should be considered armed and dangerous, is responsible for the July 25 murder of an Atmore man. Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that APD investigators have obtained warrants for the arrest of 19-year-old Antonio LeMarcus Pettaway II, who is accused of fatally shooting Jatyrain Aquamini “Tank” Tolbert, 22, while Tolbert sat in his car. Police said…
City’s 4th homicide
Still no arrest in fatal Brooks Lane shooting Police discuss the shooting behind yellow crime scene tape. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have still not reported by Tuesday’s press deadline an arrest in the July 25 slaying of a 22-year-old Atmore man.Jatyrain Aquamini “Tank” Tolbert, who was reportedly shot once as he sat in his car, became the city’s fourth homicide victim of the year.The initial report relayed…
‘Long time coming’
Ground broken for ECHS fieldhouse renovation From left, county school board members Loumeek White, Sherry Digmon, Cindy Jackson, Coleman Wallace and Mike Edwards joined Superintendent Michele McClung for the ceremonial groundbreaking. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer On Friday, July 28, Escambia County education officials took the first step in providing a new athletic fieldhouse for Escambia County High School (ECHS), a sweeping renovation that will turn a 50-year-old building…