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Don Fletcher

Council approves new police car purchase

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City council members unanimously approved the purchase of five new police cars during their February 25 meeting. After Jonathan Gibbs of Boy Scouts Troop 26 in Atmore led in the Pledge of Allegiance, the council took barely three minutes to approve the minutes of its February 11 meeting and give the green light to the vehicle purchase, which was the only item on…

ECMS shines for BOE

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The setting for the February 21 Escambia County Board of Education meeting provided an opportunity for the administration, faculty and students of Escambia County Middle School to shine – and shine they did. Students Naasia Reynolds and Janiyah McCants welcomed the board from the school’s new broadcast studio. The meeting was held in the ECMS collaboration lab, with a robotics demonstration by seventh-grader Jakaiya Owens.…

2 crashes on Main Street

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A pair of two-vehicle crashes that occurred a day apart on Main Street caused extensive damage to three of the four vehicles and sent two people to a local hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. The first mishap occurred around 8 a.m., February 20, at Main’s intersection with Howard Street, when 23-year-old Jacinda Wiley of Castleberry, northbound in a 2016…

Woman charged in smuggling attempt

News Staff Report Agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division arrested two women last week after separate incidents that occurred during visitation at two state correctional facilities. One of the arrests was made at Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore. According to a press release issued by DOC officials, 47-year-old Latonya Jones of Montgomery was arrested February 17 and charged with one count each of possession of…

6 arrested for drugs

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A joint traffic detail conducted across the city Friday night, February 22, and into Saturday by Atmore police and Escambia County deputies resulted in the arrests of numerous individuals on various drug possession or trafficking charges, as well as the location of two people who were the subject of outstanding warrants. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said city patrol officers and investigators, along with…