Day: January 18, 2023

Atmore News

Barlow brothers again rejected for parole
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer As expected, the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles (ABPP), during its January 11 hearings, denied parole for two Escambia County brothers convicted of killing their stepmother and stepsister nearly 30 years ago.The most recent rejection marked the fifth time Shannon Barlow and Franklin Barlow Jr. have come up for parole. They entered the state prison system in 1995 after each entered a guilty plea…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
ALEA reports 14 traffic deaths during 9-day
holiday period
Special to Atmore News Although 14 people lost their lives in traffic crashes during the recent 9-day extended holiday period, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials reported that troopers with the agency’s Highway Patrol Division investigated 19 fewer fatalities than they had the year before.In 2022, state troopers investigated a total of 31,990 traffic crashes, which resulted in 10,914 injuries and 586 fatalities. Crashes declined by 2,185 and injuries were…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Alabama Extension to host regional precision agriculture workshops
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala.—As farmers prepare for the upcoming growing seasons, the dawning of a new year is a reminder of the new things to come. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is planning two precision agriculture workshops in February. These workshops are designed to provide support to farmers as they implement precision agriculture technologies to strengthen preplanting, in-season and harvest management strategies.Brenda Ortiz, an Alabama Extension precision agriculture specialist, said the…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
The House is functioning again
Congressman Jerry Carl For the past two years, the House of Representatives has not functioned as it should. We’ve had proxy voting since the start of the pandemic, much of the Capitol has been closed off to the public for months at a time, and Democrats’ mismanagement of the House brought terrible changes to the way Congress does business.Thankfully, Republicans immediately passed a rules package to restore integrity and commonsense…
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Hadley named RP teacher of year
Rachel Hadley, left, and Michele McClung Special to Atmore News Rachel Hadley is the 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year for Rachel Patterson Elementary School, according to RP Principal Toya McMillian.Hadley is currently the special education teacher. Last year, the students in this particular class were without a teacher. There was a nationwide shortage of special education teachers, and Rachel Patterson experienced it firsthand.“Mrs. Hadley saw the need, and stepped up…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago