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Obituaries, week of October 30, 2024

Donnie Joe Victor Victor Mr. Donnie Joe Victor, age 68, of Byrneville, Fla., passed away Saturday, October 19, 2024. He was born in Atmore, Ala. to K.P. Victor and Sarah Long Victor and raised in Christian Home, McDavid, Fla. He was an Ernest Ward graduate and attended Holy Grown Holiness Church. He was a heavy equipment operator for Escambia County, Ala. and the City of Atmore for years prior to…

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.

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