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Clack By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Life is returning to normal for an Atmore teen who was charged — as an adult — more than three months ago with two pornography-related crimes as a result of a video he posted as a prank on Facebook.According to court documents, Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale ordered that all charges be dropped against Jeremiah Clack, who was arrested in July at age…

Stallworth ends APD career as departments second-in-command Stallworth and his wife, Tyann, pose together for the first time with him in uniform. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer For most of the past 28 years, John Stallworth has worn the badge of the Atmore Police Department. He put that badge away Tuesday, November 2, marking the end of his APD career.Stallworth, 48, joined the city police department in April of 1994…

News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education addressed a number of issues in regular session Thursday, October 28. Superintendent Michele McClung presented a proposal to the board currently for information only. She is looking into contracting with Kelly Educational Services (KES) to manage substitutes due to the shortage of personnel. The system is almost at a crisis level, McClung said. In fact, she related an incident in a…

Hartley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man who told an Escambia County, Ala. judge earlier this year he refused to comply with the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act (SORNA) in order that he would be sent to prison, has been arrested again for a sex crime, this time in Escambia County, Fla.Antonio Dywone Hartley, 29, who gave authorities an address on Dailey Street in Atmore and an…

The historic marker for Escambia County Training School on Martin Luther King Drive was re-dedicated Friday, October 29. The original marker was unveiled five years ago but was damaged during the Hurricane Sally cleanup effort. Shown at the re-dedication are, from left, Rhonda McCorvey, Barbara McCoy, Willie J. Grissett, Herb Hackman, Karean Reynolds (who spearheaded the funding for the new marker), Sandra Gray.