May 31, 2023 - Page 2 of 4

Atmore News

BOE approves personnel recommendations

News Staff Report The following personnel recommendations by Escambia County School Superintendent Michele McClung were approved by the Board of Education at a regularly scheduled meeting April 27, and a called meeting May 10. The following abbreviations are used: Escambia County Board of Education – ECBOE A.C. Moore Pre-K School – ACMPS Huxford Elementary School – HES Rachel Patterson Elementary School – RPES Escambia County Middle School – ECMS Escambia…

School board hires new administrative personnel

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education, during a 24-minute meeting held May 18 — one of the board’s shortest sessions in recent memory — approved a revision to a revised salary schedule that was approved last week, tabled a pending police amendment and hired two new administrators.Superintendent Michele McClung reported in her “District good news report,” that officials had placed yard signs at the homes…

3 locals arrested on felony charges

Hetherington Martin Powell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Atmore residents were arrested on felony charges by three different agencies during the period May 17 through May 26. Details were not immediately available, but the county jail website shows the following:Poarch Creek Indians police arrested 41-year-old Gary Kentrell Hetherington May 17 on several charges, including assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance, harassment (intent to…

Atmore residents charged in Bratt break-in, shooting

Kyles Chick By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman and an Atmore man remained behind bars in Escambia County, Fla., arrested Sunday (May 28) after they allegedly entered a Bratt, Fla. mobile home illegally and attacked the sleeping occupants, shooting one of them in the arm in the process.The Escambia County Jail shows Tiana Brooke Chick, 20, was being held without bond early Tuesday, May 30. She is charged…

Dozens left in the dark after truck shears power pole

The pickup slammed into the base of the pole. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 150 residents and businesses along Main Street were without electricity, some for more than three hours, last Wednesday, May 24, when a pickup truck left the city’s busiest thoroughfare and plowed into a utility pole at the intersection of South Main and Horner streets.Traffic lights on Main, Trammell and East Nashville also went dark…