Month: December 2023

White Jackson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer During a lengthy but relatively uneventful meeting held last Tuesday in Atmore, members of the Escambia County Board of Education selected new officers and authorized spending of more than $1 million for various educational materials, communications equipment and facility upgrades and repairs. More than 50 spectators — most of them teachers, program directors, administrators and other school system employees — attended the…

Officers donate to Shop With a Cop by paying to wear facial hair From left, Sgt. Ryan James, Sgt. Jacob Maholovich, Chief Chuck Brooks and Sgt. Chris Corbett paid to grow beards. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks, who started the Shop With a Cop program four years ago, has added a little spice to the event this year.Instead of just helping escort young shoppers around…

America Emmons By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While an Atmore man who served more than one-third of a 20-year sentence was granted parole, a Brewton man who has served slightly more than two years of a 15-year sentence wasn’t as lucky during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Demetrius Marque America was convicted in 2015 on charges of first-degree theft, third-degree forgery and first-degree escape. He was…

Yanacheak Pace Rice Freeman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman who gave birth more than a year ago to a baby who tested positive for marijuana, is finally behind bars.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Christina Yanacheak, 41, was arrested November 30 on a charge of chemical endangerment of a child.Police had been searching for Yanacheak since a joint investigation conducted by APD detectives and Escambia…