Month: July 2021

From left, Luke Bell, boat captain Robbie Stanley, Robert Stanley By JOSH FRYENews Sports Writer Two Escambia Academy fishing team freshman anglers, Robert Stanley and Luke Bell, are bound for nationals after capping off their first season within the Alabama Bass Nation High School Tiger Division with a second-place finish for Angler of the Year at the state tournament and $1,000 in scholarship money at Lake Weiss in Leesburg, Ala.…

Members at their recent meeting, from left, seated, Yvonne Grissett Archie, Maxcine E. Fantroy, Alice Crook, Ana Casado-McKenzie; standing, Ruby N. White, Janis Millender, Joangelyn McNeil. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Ladies of Gold is a new social community organization recently founded in Atmore.They plan to participate in and support community projects and have social activities for members.Their mission statement is “to make a positive impact on lives of people in…

News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations by Superintendent John Knott at the board meeting June 28. Leave of absence 1. Lashelby James, 6-hour lunchroom worker, Flomaton High School, leave of absence, effective October 16, 2020 through May 20, 2021 2. Kathryn Griffin, elementary teacher, Rachel Patterson Elementary School, leave of absence under the Family Medical Leave Act, effective February 22, 2021 through…