ECHS. FHSDon Fletcher

FHS Hurricanes storm to first-ever win over ECHS
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Since Escambia County High’s football team faced an opponent called Hurricanes last Friday, September 28, it seemed fitting that a storm of controversy surrounded the 28-14 ECHS loss. “It was an adventurous game; that’s all I can say about that,” Coach Rico Jackson said when asked about the questionable penalties that cost his team 2 touchdowns and the creative ball placement that cost his…
Brown execs award checks to ECHS, FHS
Among the business conducted during the Monday, Nov. 28, Atmore City Council meeting were the approval of two agreements related to lighting and traffic signals near Rivercane Industrial Park and the swap of small tracts of land with Poarch Creek Indian officials. But the agenda item that drew the most attention was the formal announcement of the winners of a contest among local schools to name the access road to…