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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer This weekend, for the fourth straight year, Atmore City Councilwoman Eunice Johnson and her EMJ Atmore Outreach organization will join forces with city police, city firefighters and the county sheriff’s office to present Patterson Street Fun Day 2024.The family-friendly event, billed as a “community celebration,” started as a gathering for local youngsters, but now is designed for people of all ages. The day of fun…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County education officials said this week that a Monday, September 16, Facebook posting by Escambia County Middle School (ECMS) Principal Layton Knight of a nine-item list of items banned from ECMS classrooms does not reflect a new set of rules. It is more an enforcing of the school system’s code of conduct.“There’s nothing in here that violates the code of conduct,” said Assistant Superintendent…

Hartley Special to Atmore News Brewton resident Wade L. Hartley, formerly of Atmore, was recently honored by the Boy Scouts of America’s national honor society, the Order of the Arrow, with its highest recognition, the Distinguished Service Award at their national conference at Colorado University, July 29-August 3, 2024 in Boulder.Presented at the national conference held every two to three years, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is bestowed for longtime,…

Atmore man jailed after FHP pursuit ends in crash Coleman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested September 7 for driving under the influence and two felony charges after he led Escambia County, Fla. deputies and a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officer on a high-speed chase that ended when a maneuver by troopers caused him to lose control and crash the SUV he was driving.Escambia County Jail…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A trio of Atmore City Council members gave approval during their Monday, September 9, meeting to spending around $8,000 for repairs to the vacant Pensacola Avenue building that in the past housed the Atmore Area YMCA and before that, the county’s first public high school.Codes Enforcement Officer Greg Vaughn told Mayor Jim Staff and the three councilors (District 1’s Webb Nall, District 3’s Eunice Johnson…