Author: Don Fletcher

Contact tracing forces ECHS into virtual format By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writes Round 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic, a surge anticipated by health officials to evolve from Thanksgiving holiday gatherings, has forced Escambia County, Ala., school officials to implement, at least for the final week of pre-Christmas classes, a virtual-only format for Escambia County High School students. A message posted Sunday afternoon, December 13, to the school’s Facebook page…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic re-established itself as a forced to be reckoned with in Escambia County, as 161 new cases were confirmed over the past week, with another death resulting from the novel coronavirus. According to the report issued Tuesday, December 8, by Escambia County Healthcare Authority officials (no report was issued Friday, December 4), the county’s confirmed case count is now 2,184, with 32…

Ceremony honors Manning, Seay Shown from left with the facsimile signs are Gwen Harrell, Ed Parsons, William Wellman, William Steve Seay, Sarah Lee, Linda Darwish, Alan Bowser, Billy Gates, Myrtice Dixon, Dearl Dixon and Bobby Lanier. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer One of Escambia County’s best-kept secrets was brought into the limelight last Saturday, December 5, when signs honoring the county’s two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients were unveiled.…

Former APD officer charged with meth trafficking Lopez By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Flomaton police officer who started his law enforcement career with Atmore Police Department was arrested Monday, December 7, in Escambia County, Fla. after a multi-agency investigation into methamphetamine trafficking. Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson said Lopez was taken into custody in Escambia County, Fla. around noon after investigators determined that the city policeman had…