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Number of cases has soared since June By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Visitors to patients confined to Atmore Community Hospital are discovering that several safety precautions — including some that have been in place for nearly two years — are still in place. And, with the recent national upswing in confirmed COVID-19 cases, more restrictions could be returning.ACH Administrator Brad Lowery noted this week the dramatic increase in the number…

Sellers named AP at ECHS News Staff Report Although the record will show that Escambia County Board of Education members voted unanimously last Friday, July 30, to negotiate with Michele M. McClung for the position of Superintendent of Education, the vote was actually close. Really close. A recommendation from Alabama Association of School Boards assessors — that McClung should be the board’s choice as superintendent — was formalized during a…

Minimum-security state prisoners back at work in city By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some motorists who drove through Atmore on Monday or Tuesday probably caught a glimpse of something that was once common within the city but for the past 18 months or so has been non-existent.A handful of state inmates who are part of the Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) Community Work Program (CWP) returned Monday, August 2, to…

News Staff Report There has been some confusion about purchasing tickets for the upcoming “The Sound of Music” to be presented by the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts.Unlike in the past, tickets will be available only online at www.gecarts.org or by visiting the box office Monday, August 9, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. when tickets may be purchased in person.GECA is limited on the number of people in…

This photo, from Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson’s Facebook page, shows the amount of litter removed recently from county roadsides by eight work-release inmates in less than eight hours. “How hard is it to use a trash can? We should be ashamed of ourselves,” wrote Jackson, who warned that, “If (ECSO officers) catch you throwing trash out of your window, I will be asking the judge to assign you to…