Month: January 2024

Harris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Vincent Harris accepted the challenge of trying to rebuild a once-proud Escambia County High School football program, he knew there were going to be obstacles.He knew that a loss of tradition, built over more than a decade of poor and mediocre seasons, a dilapidated field house and a lack of interest in the program by students who could help on the field would…

Work continued on the field house Tuesday, January 30. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Work on Escambia County High School’s new athletic fieldhouse is nearing its halfway point, and officials expect that ECHS football players will dress out in the new facility prior to their first home game this fall.“We’re getting close to halfway finished,” Shaun Goolsby, director of operations for the county school system said last week. “We’re on…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although only two local races, both Republican showdowns, will be on Alabama’s March 5, Super Tuesday primary ballots in Escambia County, the inclusion of GOP and Democratic presidential candidates could make things a little more interesting.Locally, only Escambia County Board of Education member Mike Edwards, who has represented District 3 for the past 12 years, and Escambia County Commission Chair Raymond Wiggins, who has been…

At the presentation, Dr. Stephen Loyd, left, and Robbie McGhee Special to Atmore News Following the successful Coastal Alabama Opioid Abatement Summit held on August 30, 2023, a new and transformative partnership has emerged. The Helios Alliance announces its anchor partnership with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, a collaboration that holds immense promise in advancing efforts to address addiction and the opioid crisis in Alabama.The strategic partnership between Helios…