Year: 2022

Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 55-year-old Atmore man finds himself behind bars this week, charged with the rape several months ago of a friend’s child who had not yet reached his or her 13th birthday.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann confirmed this week that Curtis Lee Smith was arrested last Friday, April 15, after a joint investigation conducted by APD detectives and Escambia County Department of Human Resources…

Construction on the urgent care clinic is about halfway done. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County Healthcare Authority (ECHCA) officials said last week they are more than pleased with the progress being made on making Atmore Urgent Care a reality. If the pace continues, officials said, the facility’s staff will begin seeing patients in about four months.Jason Daniel, ECHCA’s director of public affairs and marketing, said in an email…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer For all but one year since its debut in 1977, Escambia County’s Law Day observance has provided high school seniors with an inside look at the workings of the judicial system. The program has remained — for the most part — free of controversy. Until now.Invited as keynote speaker for the Friday, May 6, session — for 12th-grade students at Flomaton, T.R. Miller and W.S.…