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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members approved during their Monday, May 9, meeting three resolutions related to a railroad sidetrack that will serve the new Coastal Growers peanut shelling plant, including an agreement to use nearly $1 million of the city’s federal stimulus money to cover the agricultural co-op’s shortfall in funding the rail siding itself.The first resolution was to authorize the private sidetrack agreement between the…

The Chamber’s Miss Mayfest pageant was held Friday evening, May 6, and the winners were presented on the Mayfest stage Saturday. They are, from left, front, Little Miss Mayfest: Willow Gordon, 1st runner-up; Lyric Gordon, Little Miss Mayfest; Petite Miss Mayfest: Natalie Bell, 2nd runner-up; Magdalene Gordon, 1st runner-up; Molly Brown, Petite Miss Mayfest; back, Junior Miss Mayfest: Jordyn Lambeth, Junior Miss Mayfest; Young Miss Mayfest: Paisley Donaldson, 2nd runner-up;…

Powers By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was arrested May 2 on a chemical endangerment charge, more than eight months after her newborn baby was found to have cocaine in its system.Police Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Daphne Powers, 33, was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center on one count of chemical endangerment of a child.Under Alabama law, chemical endangerment of a child is a Class C…

A.C. Moore will be home to new pre-K program By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Since A.C. Moore Elementary School was closed in 2017, the building has mostly been vacant. That is going to change in the near future.Escambia County Superintendent of Education Michele McClung posted on the school system’s Facebook page that the school building would soon be home to the Alabama First-Class Pre-K program, a statewide voluntary pre-kindergarten plan.The…