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Personnel shortage tops BOE agenda
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…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Local man charged with sexual battery
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…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Re-dedication
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.
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
King named physician clinic manager
King Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announced that Judy King has accepted the position of Physician Clinic Manager for its four physician practices. In her new role, King will have the overall administrative responsibility for ACH Med Plus, ACH Complete Care, ACH Family Physicians and ACH Primary Care.“Judy is filling the role recently vacated by Kathy Johnson, who has accepted the position of Revenue Cycle Director with…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago