Year: 2019

Atmore News

61 new correctional officers graduate
News Staff Report Alabama Department of Corrections increased its security workforce last Friday, August 2, by graduating 61 officers from the ADOC Basic Correctional Officer Training Course. The officers participated in an intensive six-week training program and received ADOC-certification in a graduation ceremony held at the Alabama Corrections Academy in Selma. The new officers — including Basic Correctional Officer Karlvin Grace, who has been assigned to Fountain Correctional Facility, and…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
NASA Tournament
PCI’s LA Legends team takes first in seniors competition By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter The 2019 Native American Softball Association (NASA) Tournament is in the books. Twenty-one teams from the Poarch Creek Indians competed in the tournament which was held last weekend on the Seminole Reservation located in Dania Beach, Fla. “We had a great showing for the tournament,” PCI Sports Coordinator Jake McGhee said. “We were able to bring…
by Josh Frye access_time7 years ago
Coach’s lessons could be life-changers, live-savers for players
Over the course of the past week, I have taken the time to reflect on some ideas and views. In the sports world, there are many factors that go into the development of an athlete. Perhaps the most important factor is the athlete’s home life and relationship with family. Unfortunately, for many athletes, that part of the development and experience is obsolete. Many athletes are absent a father or mother…
by Josh Frye access_time7 years ago
Poarch’s Jerry Sanchez Jr. set for amateur golf tour’s national championship
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Poarch Creek Indians tribal member and Poarch native Jerry Sanchez Jr., 30, is set to begin his trip to the 2019 Golf Channel Amateur Tour National Championships, which will be held at the PGA National Resort and Spa in West Palm Beach, Fla. on September 17-20. Sanchez first began playing golf just over six years ago. “Golf has helped keep me on the straight and…
by Josh Frye access_time7 years ago
Escapee quickly recaptured
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer After more than a quarter-century of prison life, Jamie Vaughn finally got a taste of freedom last week. But it was just a little taste. Vaughn, who was almost 26 years into the 30-year sentence he received after a 1995 Blount County murder conviction, reportedly escaped from the state medium-security facility around 8:10 a.m. last Wednesday, July 31. By 9:10 a.m., he was back…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago