Month: September 2024

Don Fletcher

Execution date set for Citronelle axe murderer
Dearman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mississippi man who killed six Citronelle residents, including an unborn child, with an axe just eight years ago, will apparently pay the ultimate price for his crime in mid-October.Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced in a letter to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Q. Hamm that she had set a 34-hour time frame for the execution of Derrick Ryan Dearman, which will be…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 week ago
Never forget September 11, 2001
Congressman Jerry Carl Twenty-three years ago, our nation suffered one of the most tragic events ever to occur – the attacks on September 11, 2001. Terrorists crashed planes into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon, and nearly the United States Capitol. Lives were lost, families were broken, and our nation was hurting. The War on Terror broke out and affected everyone around the world. This week, may…
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Quick TDs set the tone as ECHS falls to top-ranked Aggies
Tai Henderson is stopped after a short gain during first-period action. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two unsuccessful punt attempts on their first two possessions set the tone as Escambia County’s Blue Devils dropped their Class 4A, Region 1 opener against the state’s top-ranked Jackson Aggies by a 43-13 score last Friday, September 6.In a game that was played amid intermittent periods of rain, the ECHS squad could never get…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 week ago
EA suffers a rainy defeat at Fort Dale
By TRAVIS ANDREWSNews Sports Writer Last week, the Escambia Academy Cougars traveled to Fort Dale Academy to play the Fort Dale Eagles in their second game of the season.Unfortunately, there was a really bad rainstorm in the area that night, which served as a bad omen for what was to come for the Cougars.Captains Eli McElhaney and Traegan James met with the referees and Fort Dale captains, with Escambia winning…
by Atmore News access_time1 week ago
Legion Auxiliary donates to Pilots for Christ
When the American Legion Post 90 Auxiliary disbanded recently, they still had some money in their checking account. Looking for a worthy beneficiary, they decided on Pilots for Christ which flies time critical patients and a caregiver to destinations for treatment (most often for cancer). And Pilots for Christ does this at no charge to the patient. Past Auxiliary officers and Pilots for Christ Ministry Partner Relations Coordinator Ashley Pharr…
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