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Atmore News was mentioned on Newsmax Monday, March 6. Congressman Jerry Carl’s column is a regular feature on the Atmore News Opinion page, and Newsmax picked up an excerpt from one of the Congressman’s columns published in the News. Congressman Carl’s Deputy Chief of Staff Zach Weidlich in Washington D.C. notified Atmore News of the mention. Shown is a screenshot on Newsmax, a national cable news and digital media company.

Michele Collier instructs Connie Reeves, left, from Atmore Central Office, and Janet Brantley, right, from Flomaton Elementary By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News More than ever, parents want to know exactly what’s going on in their child’s school.By the middle of March, every school in the Escambia County School System will provide the access.Each website of the 12 schools is getting an extreme makeover that will give parents a real-time…

By Atmore News Staff Bulls or bears?Escambia County High School’s Stock Market team — coached by Douglas Forbes and including Judah Dennis, Daniel Gunaca, Darron Nichols, Hasten Dean and DeAndre Richardson — is currently ranked 16th out of 270 such teams across the state, according to the school’s Facebook page. Known as Alabama Stock Market Game, the course is a 10-week, on-line trading experience during which students begin with $100,000…

Bids to be let soon for renovation of ECHS fieldhouse By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although various logistics problems, along with state-suggested changes in the original plans, have delayed the planned construction of a new athletic fieldhouse for Escambia County High School for at least two months, officials say they expect the project to be back on track within days.Shaun Goolsby, Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) for the county’s public…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Witnesses who were inside the McDonald’s on South Main Street when gunfire erupted Sunday night said a female employee fired “several shots” inside the restaurant after being assaulted by her former boyfriend.Atmore police have labeled the gunfire “an accidental discharge,” and said the female “is signing warrants” on the man who attacked her. Nobody was injured by flying bullets.The first police report, issued Monday morning,…