Fatal beatings
Infant’s mother, her stepfather-boyfriend charged with murder Comalander Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 24-year-old Atmore woman and her 48-year-old stepfather, who is also described by authorities as her boyfriend, remained behind bars without bond at midweek, each charged in the death of the woman’s infant child, who apparently died in April as a result of a series of vicious beatings administered by the pair.Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson…
GECA presents ‘Harvey’
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ production of “Harvey” opens Thursday, May 18, and runs through Sunday.The cast is as follows:Elwood P. Dowd – Dietrich BoundurantVeta Louise Simmons – Leslie GarnerBetty Chumley – Priscilla EbyE.J. Lofgren – Priscilla EbyMrs. Ethel Chauvenet – Priscilla EbyJudge Omar Gaffney – Jerry JanesWilliam R. Chumley, M.D. – Vincent JayeLyman Sanderson, M.D. – Albert GrassiaRuth Kelly, R.N. – Katherine EbyMyrtle Mae Simmons – Courtney…
Gohagin remembered
Former ECHS English teacher: ‘The valiant taste death only once’ Father Albert Kennington, right, talks about his former student during the ceremony. Seated in front are, from left, Gohagin’s widow, Connie Gohagin Dorriety; Mickey Powell, Gohagin’s nephew, Dauphin Gohagin. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer For some of the crowd gathered Saturday, May 13, at McCullough Cemetery, the rapidly climbing temperature and the thick humidity might have brought back a few…