Day: June 8, 2022

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Hugh Fountain’s tenure as head football coach and athletic director at Pike Liberal Arts School (PLA) was a short one. The former Escambia Academy and W.S. Neal football coach, whose signing of a reported five-year contract was announced by the Troy-located independent school last week, has decided not to take the job PLA Headmaster Eric Burkett told Al.com on Monday (June 6) that Fountain…

Former T.R. Miller assistant to head program Harris By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Vincent Harris, an assistant football coach at T.R. Miller High the past two years, was introduced as the new head football coach and athletic director at Escambia County High School during the Monday, June 6, special meeting of the Escambia County Board of Education. Harris also coached four years at Pleasant Grove High, including the first…

Election winners, from left, Charlotte Meckel, Dewitt Carter, Amy Gantt. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Three incumbents held their seats in the June 4 Poarch Tribal Council election.For the secretary position, incumbent Charlotte McGhee Meckel won 776 to 375 over her challenger Nioma Jackson Till.Incumbent Amy Bryan Gantt retained her treasurer position with 611 votes. Challengers Chance Jackson had 197 votes, and Denise Young had 359 votes.Dewitt Carter, who holds the…

News Staff Report Betty Warren, retired local educator and director of the city swimming pool at Tom Byrne Park for the past 51 years, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch this Saturday, June 11, when Atmore’s police and fire departments continue their annual rivalry on the softball diamond.The Battle of the Badges Charity Softball Game, which pits the Atmore Fire Department Plug Uglies against the Atmore Police Department Road…