Year: 2021

Josh Frye

Rams win big over Christian Collegiate
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Megan Wilson and Temple Albritton scored 4 runs each, helping to launch theAtmore Christian School girls’ softball team past Christian Collegiate Academy, 20-5, last Tuesday, April 6.The Rams fired up early on offense during the first inning when Albritton singled on an 0-2 count, scoring 1 run. From there, it was off to the races for ACS.The Rams’ highlight game moment came when ACS tallied 6…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
Volleyball star signs in N.C.
Jackson News Staff Report Atmore residents Sam and Betty Holly are proud grandparents these days. Their son, Atmore native Gerry Jackson and his wife Teresa are proud parents. The family is excited about Daija Jackson’s decision to commit to the University of North Carolina Greensboro.Daija has been a standout on the West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, N.C., as the senior middle hitter on the volleyball team. For Daija, playing in…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
ECHS wins 3; battles for playoff slot
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia County High School’s varsity baseball team still has a hold on the second place slot within the AHSAA Class 4A, Region 1 standings after winning three games last week and dropping only one. The ECHS Blue Devils started off the week, defeating Monroe County, 6-5, last Tuesday, April 6 and dropped game 2 of the double-header, 5-2.Hasten Dean, Jamrion Robinson, Anthony McCants, James Gibson, Michael…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
The fight to protect the 2nd Amendment
Congressman Jerry Carl Last month, House Democrats rammed through two pieces of sweeping gun control legislation: H.R. 8 – Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 – and H.R. 1446 – Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021. I voted against these unconstitutional attempts to strip away the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. These pieces of legislation would effectively give the federal government unprecedented control over firearm transfers by making the…
by Submitted Article access_time5 years ago
Nabbed at Fountain CF with pound of pot, more
Gray By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile man probably should have read the visitors’ policy for G.K. Fountain Correctional Facility before an April 6 visit to an inmate housed there.Had he done so, the man — 31-year-old Joseph Gray — might not have come onto prison grounds with a pound of marijuana, three kinds of unprescribed pills and potions, more than a dozen cell phones and several cell phone…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago