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Ground breaking for the Perdido River Farms meat processing facility near Atmore was held Thursday, May 25. Perdido River Farms, which consists of 2,900 acres of Poarch Creek Indian owned agricultural properties that support a sustainable herd of cattle producing USDA-inspected beef for the public, is building a state-of-the-art processing facility to serve the South Alabama area. A number of dignitaries were on hand for the ceremony. Shown are, from left,…

News Staff Report The following personnel recommendations by Escambia County School Superintendent Michele McClung were approved by the Board of Education at a regularly scheduled meeting April 27, and a called meeting May 10. The following abbreviations are used: Escambia County Board of Education – ECBOE A.C. Moore Pre-K School – ACMPS Huxford Elementary School – HES Rachel Patterson Elementary School – RPES Escambia County Middle School – ECMS Escambia…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education, during a 24-minute meeting held May 18 — one of the board’s shortest sessions in recent memory — approved a revision to a revised salary schedule that was approved last week, tabled a pending police amendment and hired two new administrators.Superintendent Michele McClung reported in her “District good news report,” that officials had placed yard signs at the homes…

Infant’s mother, her stepfather-boyfriend charged with murder Comalander Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 24-year-old Atmore woman and her 48-year-old stepfather, who is also described by authorities as her boyfriend, remained behind bars without bond at midweek, each charged in the death of the woman’s infant child, who apparently died in April as a result of a series of vicious beatings administered by the pair.Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson…

The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ production of “Harvey” opens Thursday, May 18, and runs through Sunday.The cast is as follows:Elwood P. Dowd – Dietrich BoundurantVeta Louise Simmons – Leslie GarnerBetty Chumley – Priscilla EbyE.J. Lofgren – Priscilla EbyMrs. Ethel Chauvenet – Priscilla EbyJudge Omar Gaffney – Jerry JanesWilliam R. Chumley, M.D. – Vincent JayeLyman Sanderson, M.D. – Albert GrassiaRuth Kelly, R.N. – Katherine EbyMyrtle Mae Simmons – Courtney…