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Yellow Hats serve lunch
The Yellow Hat Society provided lunch for Escambia County school officials, Central Office staff, board members, and guests Friday, March 22. Lunch was actually a fish fry with all the trimmings. Shown are members of the Yellow Hat Society, from left, Shelia Johnson, Tongia Moore, Dale Ash, Tawanna Thomas, Ruthie Adams, Doris Knight and Janice Reynolds. Seated is Yellow Hats President Lillie Johnson.
ECHS honors cheerleaders, football players, community leaders
From left, Coach Harris, Defensive Player of the Year Michael French, Offensive Player of the Year Jamarion Robinson, Most Valuable Player of the Year Lorenzo Arnold Jr. Rev. Michael Wilson, left, and Principal Layton Knight Rev. Harold Askew, left, and Principal Layton Knight Coach and Principal Layton Knight, left, with his family, front, his children, Layton Jr., Lennox, and Laylani; back, wife Chelsea, dad Leo Benjamin, aunt Jennie Ferrell, mom…
Obituaries, week of March 27, 2024
Thomas Earl Hadley Mr. Thomas Earl Hadley, age 59, passed away Monday, March 18, 2024 in Mobile, Ala. He was a lifelong resident of Perdido, Ala. He was a carpenter with many years of service. He enjoyed spending time with his family and was consider to be a “mama’s boy”. His favorite past time was hunting, fishing and sitting back watching a good western. He was preceded in death by…
Still a pulse
Atmore’s high-tech Brown Precision plant ‘mothballed,’ not dead By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Officials of Brown Precision paraphrased American humorist Mark Twain last week, saying that rumors of the local aerospace manufacturing facility’s death are exaggerated. They say the plant still has an economic pulse, although they admit it’s a weak one.Brown Precision, Inc.’s Co-CEO, R. Gregory “Greg” Brown, posted to the Atmore News Facebook page the following statement regarding…