Year: 2022

Don Fletcher

Coaching merry-go-round
Brandon Wilcox hired at EA; Mike Sims heading to Excel Wilcox Sims By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A merry-go-round of coaching changes has filled coaching vacancies at three area schools — Escambia Academy, W.S. Neal High and Excel High.On the same day former EA headmaster, football coach and athletic director Hugh Fountain was hired as head coach and AD at W.S. Neal High, his heir-apparent, Mike Sims, rejected an offer…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
1 felony drug arrest past week
Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer After a months-long flurry of such arrests, the county jail’s website and Atmore police reports indicate that city officers made only one felony drug arrest over the seven-day period ending Monday, June 13.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the June 10 arrest — like most of the drug arrests reported over the past several months by city police — stemmed from a…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Council OKs retiree payments, designates Juneteenth a city holiday
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four of five Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval to three spending resolutions, formally added a new city holiday, and approved use of a city park for an upcoming back-to-school celebration during the council’s Monday, June 13, meeting.The council, sitting without District 5 rep Chris Harrison, quickly passed each of the resolutions. (Harrison was absent due to a family emergency, Mayor Jim Staff reported.)The…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
D.C. is the Drama Capital of the Country
Congressman Jerry Carl As Americans struggle to put gas in their cars (the national average is now over $5 a gallon), inflation is near a 40-year high, and our southern border continues to be overrun by illegal immigrants, Democrats in Washington are focused on creating drama in an attempt to distract everyday Americans from the real issues facing this country.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ridiculous January 6 Select Committee is the…
by Submitted Article access_time4 years ago