Month: April 2021

Josh Frye

Rams advance to conference tournament
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter The Atmore Christian School Lady Rams split a 3-team tournament series last Friday, April 23.During the Lady Rams’ first game of the tournament against Central Christian, ACS was cut down, 27-1.“This team (Central Christian) is number 1 in our conference,” ACS head coach Bethany Albritton said. “They play a tough game.”The Central Christian Saints wasted little time getting on the board, scoring 7 runs during the…
by Josh Frye access_time3 years ago
Cougars advance to second round of playoffs
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia Academy’s Jacob Lee and Caleb Davis hit a 3-run home run each, helping launch the Cougars past South Choctaw, 16-3 in game 3 of a 3-game series between the schools during the first round of the AISA Class 2A State Playoffs last Saturday, April 24.According to EA head coach Mike Sims, Lee also gained the win on the mound for the Cougars. Lee pitched 5…
by Josh Frye access_time3 years ago
Backing the Blue
Congressman Jerry Carl For the last few years, police officers around the country have been retiring or quitting their jobs in record numbers. The New York Police Department alone had 5,300 uniformed officers retire or quit in 2020, which is 15 percent of the total number of officers on their entire force. This is nearly double the rate who retired or quit during the previous year. So far this year,…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
Teen injured
A 15-year-old Atmore girl was taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital after a two-vehicle collision around 9 a.m., Saturday, April 24, at the intersection of McRae and Montgomery streets. According to Atmore Police Department reports, the teen, driving a Chevrolet Impala, pulled from a stop sign and failed to yield the right-of-way to an oncoming Chevy Silverado that was driven by Justin Byrd, 20, also of Atmore. The Impala…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Skeletal remains those of Va. woman missing since ’18
Saunders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Forensics scientists at the state crime lab have identified skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Conecuh County last December as those of a Virginia woman who disappeared while traveling to Monroeville in 2018.According to an April 23 press release issued jointly by Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson, Conecuh County Sheriff Randy Brock, and Monroe County Sheriff Tom Boatwright, the remains are those…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago