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ECMS receives statewide award
Escambia County Middle School’s fourth-grade students were the guests of honor at a February 2 assembly during which their accomplishments in the study of mathematics were recognized and praised. The 170 or so fourth-graders, who became ECMS students when A.C. Moore Elementary was consolidated the end of last term, posted statistical progress that was called “unbelievable” by the representative of the company that sponsors the statewide competition. Debbie Bolden, in…
Semmes man killed in Atmore crash
A Mobile County man lost his life Wednesday, January 31, 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 on North 18th Avenue, just east of Atmore. Troopers reported that Rudolph Reginald Nettles, 62, of Semmes was travelling south in a 1955 Chevrolet when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the…
Jones running for state supreme court
The following announcement was submitted by the candidate through the Alabama Press Association. Circuit Judge Debra Jones has qualified as a candidate for the Alabama Supreme Court, Place 1. She has been a Circuit Judge in Calhoun and Cleburne counties since 2010. Judge Jones, a Republican, is running for the open seat created by the resignation of Justice Glenn Murdock. The Republican primary is June 5, 2018. “My judicial philosophy…
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.…
Honoring Atmore’s own – Chamber honors Buster’s, Torrences, Gideons
The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce was held Thursday, January 25. As at all Chamber annual meetings, the highlight was the announcement of the Citizen of the Year, the recipient(s) of the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the most recently added Business of the Year. Sarah Frances Thompson was emotional as she accepted on behalf of Buster’s. The year had been challenging for the family, and…