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Don Fletcher

Pandemic update

3 more deaths By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although sporadic patches continue to pop up across Alabama, statistics indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be on the decline. Escambia County showed only a nominal increase in the total number of confirmed cases, although three more local deaths have been chalked up to the virus. The bi-weekly report issued jointly by Alabama Department of Public Health and Escambia County…

Unofficial results from the Tuesday, Aug. 25, Atmore Municipal Election

Staff edges Smith in mayor’s race; Johnson upsets Walker in D3; Gideons wins D-5; Lassiter new D-4 rep; Nall, Webster re-elected Unofficial results from the Tuesday, Aug. 25, Atmore Municipal Election: Mayor Jim Staff (i) — 918 Susan Smith — 729 District 1 Webb Nall (i) — 148 Bernard Williams — 125 District 2 Jerome Webster (i) — 168 Angelia Norman — 112 District 3 Eunice Johnson — 154 Chris…

Obituaries, week of August 23, 2020

Chris Wayne Hawkins Hawkins Rev. Chris Wayne Hawkins, Sr., age 64, of Christian Home, Fla., passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 in Pensacola, Fla. He was born in Shawnee, Okla. to the late D. Wayne and Norma James Hawkins. He served four years of active duty in the US Navy, aboard the USS Lexington. He has been in the ministry for over forty years, pastoring many churches since 1980. For the past eleven years, he…

High school football

ECHS, EA, JUB kick off season Friday By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter After months of anticipation and uncertainty, the time has finally come for high school football teams and fans to experience the 2020 season’s kickoff. This Friday, August 21, local high school football stadiums which have been silent for several months will return to life as the pandemic-restricted season kicks off. Many changes have been made this season, not…

County jail CO arrested

More arrests expected Snowden By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson announced August 11 that a corrections officer at the county jail was arrested for helping sneak contraband into the facility. He added that more arrests could be forthcoming as a probe into ethics violations among jail staff continues. Sheriff’s office investigators, along with Federal Bureau of Investigations agents, took Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 30, who was…