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BOE looks to finalize deal on 100-acre site for new schools By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Contingent upon the results of an environmental study, Escambia County Board of Education has found a site for construction of two new educational facilities, an elementary school to serve a growing Flomaton student population and a more centrally located Career Technical Center. The school board gave unanimous approval during its March 23 meeting…
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By Atmore News Staff Ramadan in the desertJames McNeil Jr., son of Atmore businessman James McNeil and nephew of Charles and Atmore City Councilwoman Eunice Johnson, recently celebrated Ramadan in the United Arab Emirates. James and a friend stayed at the Shangri-La Dubai and visited sites such as the emirate’s Grand Mosque, enjoyed a desert safari and observed the Islamic holiday period, which calls for a month of fasting, prayer,…
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Unnamed benefactor pledges $3 million for Huxford gym, expansion By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Leah Fuqua might not have been the happiest person in Escambia County last Thursday (March 23), but she was certainly one of them.The Huxford Elementary School principal tried but was unable to hide her emotions after Superintendent of Education Michele McClung announced during the county school board’s regular monthly meeting that an anonymous (at least for…
Shots fired after Pensacola pot peddler chases customers who paid for weed with fake money
Robinson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Pensacola man was arrested on felony marijuana possession charges and was shot at after he chased the customers who used fake money to pay him for an unspecified quantity of pot. According to Atmore Police Department reports, officers were sent to the area around Alabama 21 and Poarch Road after dispatchers received a report of shots fired. While city lawmen were searching…
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