Author: Don Fletcher

From left, Superintendent of Education Dr. Michele Collier, Probate Judge Doug Agerton, school board members Greg Dawkins, Coleman Wallace and Jerry Wilson. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The highlight of last Friday’s meeting (November 15) of the Escambia County Board of Education was the swearing in of two newly elected members and one incumbent member who ran without opposition. But the BOE also approved the spending of almost $184,000…

First-graders lifted their voices and their hands during ‘The Eleven-Eleven March.’ By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Most of the more than 500 Rachel Patterson Elementary School (RPES) students who crowded into the RPES cafeteria for the school’s Veterans Day tribute last Friday, November 15, obeyed Principal Jennifer Lee’s admonishment to use “zero-voice level.” Until it was their turn to sing.The youngsters remained mostly quiet during the portions of the program…

Bubba Tedder (at left) and Richey Tedder examine the area where the breach is most evident. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City of Atmore officials have committed to buying three properties, one on Trammell Street and two at the northern end of Carney Street, where foundations have been compromised by drainage from a ditch that was apparently initially built to irrigate farmland.City council members approved without discussion during their October…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Danny Benjamin, who has for the past 36 years represented District 2 on the Escambia County Board of Education, will vacate his seat after he was defeated by political newcomer Greg Dawkins in the November 5 General Election. Benjamin said during the November 4 school board meeting that he hoped the district’s electorate would keep him on the board for another six-year term. “I’ve…