Photos from the Homecoming Parade
News photos by Ditto Gorme
ECHS alumni reception – Short but sweet
By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Though the time for this year’s Escambia County High School Alumni Reception was a little shorter than usual, hugs, handshakes and back slaps were plentiful.The reception traditionally begins at 9 a.m., which it did this year. However, the ribbon cutting for the new field house was scheduled for 9:30. The reunion continued at the field house as almost everyone made their way to the ribbon cutting…
Threat defused
APD tight-lipped about former Army bomb expert’s plan for homemade devices Lofton By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police refused this week to confirm or deny reports that a former U.S. Army explosives disposal technician suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) — arrested last Tuesday, October 15, after two homemade bombs were discovered inside his residence — had plans to detonate the devices, or whether the devices were even armed.In…
ECHS homecoming royalty
Escambia County High School celebrated homecoming Friday, October 18, with the crowning of the king and queen. Shown is this year’s royalty, Homecoming King Calienté McCants, left, and Homecoming Queen Ziyonah Moye, right.
EA to forfeit injury-riddled football team’s final contests
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia Academy officials announced this week that the school’s football team, riddled with injuries that left only a dozen players available, will not play the final two games of its 2024 schedule.“We’re devastated, but we will be OK,” Headmaster Susan Kirk said. “We started with 25 players; now we only have 12 healthy players, and three of them are junior varsity. We met with board…