Author: Don Fletcher

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Six members of the Escambia County Board of Education approved last week a long-awaited revised salary schedule and state-mandated October pay raises based upon the revised schedule, as well as the expulsion of a high school student and acceptance of the low bid for demolishing the auditorium at W.S. Neal High School. District 1’s Kevin Hoomes was unable to attend the August 25 meeting,…

Booth By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Jeff Booth, who had served as chief executive officer of the Escambia County Health Care Authority since May of 2021, was arrested twice in less than 12 hours over the past weekend. The arrests came less than two days after Booth had tendered his resignation.ECHCA Chair Debbie Rowell said Monday, August 29, that she received an emailed resignation letter from Booth around 3 a.m.…

The pizza restaurant made its announcement through this sign By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although exact plans are not known yet, a sign posted on the side of the former Church’s Fried Chicken building indicates that Papa John’s International will open a pizzeria on the site in the relatively near future.The sign, placed on the Southfield window of the former chicken establishment, proclaims that the pizza restaurant is “coming soon.”…

Atmore man rams APD unit, pursued Ivy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center this week, held under $250,000 bond on an attempted murder charge, after leading Atmore police, Baldwin County deputies and Alabama state troopers on a high-speed chase during which he rammed an unmarked Atmore Police Department vehicle.According to a press release issued August 16, the day of the incident,…