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Semmes man killed in Atmore crash

A Semmes man lost his life when the vehicle he was driving left a roadway just outside Atmore and hit a culvert. Alabama State Troopers reported that the fatal, single-vehicle mishap occurred around noon today (Wednesday, Jan. 31) on North 18th Avenue, just east of Atmore. Troopers reported that Rudolph Reginald Nettles, 62, was travelling south in a 1955 Chevrolet when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the roadway and…

Welcome to the world Harper-Blue White

Daniel and April White of Bratt, Fla. proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Harper-Blue White. She was born Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 11:54 p.m. at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla. Harper-Blue weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches long. She is welcomed home by her siblings Zachary, 19, Savannah, 17, Ansleigh, 15, Addison, 14 and Brayson, 10. Grandparents, Bob and Marie Brock and Richard and…

EA senior night

Escambia Academy seniors on the basketball teams were honored at Senior Night Tuesday, January 23. Seniors are, from left, front, Ashlyn Glick, Cassidy Murphy, Victoria Sawyer; back, Fred Flavors, Patrick Hammonds, Ossie Crusaw, Zack Koons, MJ Jones, Neikel Robinson, Louie Turner. The EA basketball team is playing in the AISA Elite-8 in Montgomery today, January 31. News photo by Ditto Gorme

Support the Canoe Civic Center

Orders are being taken for the new Canoe tee-shirts with proceeds benefitting the Canoe Civic Center. One shirt displays Canoe’s former zip code, which now belongs to Grand Bay. The other shirt displays Canoe’s GPS coordinates. Shirts are $20. You may order a shirt at the 15th Confederate Cavalry Reenactors living history Saturday, Feb. 3, beginning at 9 a.m., on Sardis Church Road, about a half mile off Highway 31.…

Obituaries for the week of January 24, 2018

Robert K. Goforth Robert K. Goforth, Lt. Col. USMC (Ret), age 81, of Walnut Hill, Fla., passed away Monday, January 15, 2018. He was born in Snow, Okla. to the late Guy Charles and Eura Bell Goforth. He attended Oklahoma State University. He served in the USMC serving in Vietnam; he served as Air Operations Officer on the USS Guam; was Squadron commander of HMM 264 and worked at Headquarters…