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BOE president focused on future
Wallace By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News He’s been an English teacher, a minister and a US Marine, and now Coleman Wallace has a new job title: President of the Escambia County School Board.Originally from New Jersey, Wallace spent much of his life in the Garden State before retiring to Alabama in 2008. He spent time working at Drexel University and Antioch University in admissions and counseling. Years later he…
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Celebrating Kendall’s life
Kendall Students in two fifth-grade homerooms at Escambia County Middle School celebrated last Friday, December 3, the life of former classmate Kendall Watkins, who lost his life in a November 24 car crash. After a brief address and countdown by Counselor Jawuan Osborne, more than three dozen of Kendall’s classmates and school counselors shouted, “Celebrating Kendall’s life,” and released green and white balloons (donated by Southern Stems). The balloons briefly…
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Battle of Badges is Tuesday
Special to Atmore News “Battle of the Badges,” the community’s first charity basketball contest pitting city police against city firemen, will take place next Tuesday, December 14, at Atmore Christian School.The event, billed as a “rivalry for the cause,” will raise funds to help with the annual “Christmas in Candyland” event, set for Saturday, December 18.Admission is $5 per person, and tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the local…
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Man arrested for groping Walmart clerk
McGhee News Staff Report An Atmore man, already being sought for failure to appear in court for a review of a felony DUI charge, was arrested November 27 after he twice grabbed the private parts of a female employee of Atmore’s Walmart.David Allen McGhee, 60, of a Riley Road address, remained in the Escambia County Detention Center under a $300,000 bond as midweek approached, charged with one count of first-degree…
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Biden’s border crisis continues
Congressman Jerry Carl I’ve written several times this year about the crisis at our southern border, and it seems like the crisis is even worse each time I write about it. Since day one in office, fixing the illegal immigration crisis has been a top priority for me. I’ve cosponsored countless pieces of legislation to address the problem, and I’ve been to the border to see the crisis firsthand. Despite…
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