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An Atmore police officer takes notes at the scene of Sunday morning (March 13), one-vehicle wreck on Lindbergh Avenue, near the south entrance to Escambia County High School. The mishap reportedly occurred around 3:13 a.m. but was not discovered until two hours later. The driver of a 2008 Ford Edge left the scene after striking and damaging the gate to the school and clipping a utility pole. Several items of…

Blue Devils play in first state title game ECHS’s Sheldon Williams drives to the basket against two defenders. By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter The Escambia County High School Blue Devils did not get the ending they hoped for, as the team fell 85-49 during last Friday’s (March 4) AHSAA Class 4A state title matchup against Jacksonville in Birmingham. Even though ECHS walked away without a state championship win, they did not…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer As Main Street Atmore and City of Atmore officials prepare for the upcoming grand opening of the nearly completed Boxcar / Parking Lot Project, they are looking for help in naming the CSX rail car that is the development’s focal point.According to a flyer issued by MSA, the person whose suggested name is chosen will take home $100.To enter the Name the Boxcar contest, fill…

Henderson Bright Thomas Hyatt By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four Atmore men, including one who was issued a summons and released more than a month ago due to COVID requirements at the county jail, were booked into the Escambia County Detention Center over the past week on felony drug possession charges that resulted from three separate traffic stops by city police.Norman Henderson, 39, was initially charged on January 21 with…

Hands By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center March 7, charged with making threats to his ex-wife and trying to break into her house during an ongoing dispute.Due to restrictions on accepting non-violent inmates at the county jail due to the COVID pandemic, 45-year-old Quentin Roosevelt Hands was issued a summons after a February 18 incident. He was physically arrested and processed…