Don Fletcher

Dozens learn about fraud, ID theft at SAIL Center presentation
From left in center, James Roberson, who organized the summit, poses with Charlotte Purvis and Mayor Jim Staff, as well as the event’s other speakers. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 100 people, most of them senior citizens, learned how to avoid having their identities or their finances stolen by scammers, as well as some of the tricks the fraudsters, most of whom operate by phone, use to separate…
Job fair
From left, Leah Fuqua, principal Huxford Elementary School; Lotoya West, director Career and Technical Education; Sabrina Wilson, principal Escambia County Readiness Center. Escambia County High School Assistant Principal Greg Brock, left, and the new ECHS principal, LaTonya Gill, talk with a potential employee (with back to camera). News Staff ReportThe Escambia County School system held a job fair Saturday, June 1, in the Flomaton High School gym. Despite the threat…
Homecoming
Nearly 700 Freemanville residents, former residents attend reunion Nearly 700 Freemanville residents, former residents attend reunion By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Hundreds of Freemanville residents, former residents and their descendants flocked last weekend to the grounds of Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church for their biennial weekend of fun, food and fellowship.This year’s Freemanville Community Reunion, held every two years since 2016 (except for 2020, during the COVID pandemic), brought families…