Month: November 2020

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County voters approved by a more than 3-1 margin the November 3 referendum making Canoe a landmark district, protecting the heritage and history of the community and making annexation by another community more difficult. According to the Alabama Secretary of State Office website, the measure gained the approval of 8,820 voters (just over 79 percent), with 2,475 voting in opposition. “We were very…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members unanimously approved during their Monday, November 9, meeting a $12 million-plus budget for the upcoming fiscal year, a funding package that includes an across-the-board pay increase for all municipal employees. City Clerk Becca Smith reminded council members during a November 4 budget workshop that the figures on the document are not written in stone; the five-member council gave it the…

Gabrielle Williams was crowned Escambia Academy’s Homecoming Queen Friday, November 6. Gabrielle was crowned by Kyla Lee, last year’s homecoming queen.

3 fire departments respond Smoke billows from attic of local cabinet shop. By JOSH FRYE News Staff Writer Fire, smoke and water damage combined to make a local cabinet shop a total loss after flames erupted in the building’s attic during the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 4. Reports show that Atmore, Poarch and Nokomis firefighting crews were dispatched to Hochstetler Cabinets, 2244 Jack Springs Road at 7:55 a.m.…

Harley accident claims Atmore man’s life By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama State Troopers are investigating two recent Escambia County crashes, including one that claimed the life of an Atmore man last Sunday, November 8. Troopers reported that 71-year-old William Van Cooey was killed when the 2018 Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was operating left Jack Springs Road and overturned. Cooey was pronounced dead at the scene. The fatal mishap occurred…