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A.C. Moore will be home to new pre-K program By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Since A.C. Moore Elementary School was closed in 2017, the building has mostly been vacant. That is going to change in the near future.Escambia County Superintendent of Education Michele McClung posted on the school system’s Facebook page that the school building would soon be home to the Alabama First-Class Pre-K program, a statewide voluntary pre-kindergarten plan.The…

Bell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Century, Fla. man was arrested in Escambia County, Ala., for the fifth time in less than three years after Atmore police caught him red-handed as he loaded surplus iron from a railroad maintenance project into his truck.Police reports show the incident happened around 7:35 p.m. on April 26. An APD investigator and a patrol officer were sent to the area of Highway 31…

APD investigating bow-and-arrow killings By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators are trying to track down the person or persons who used a bow and arrow to kill two family pets in the backyards of separate residences in the city’s southwestern quadrant.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said police have confirmed the two reported kills and are trying to determine whether there have been others.“We’re still working on it,” Brooks said.…

News Staff Report May is Mental Health Awareness Month across the U.S., and a Mental Health Awareness Walkathon will be held in Atmore this Saturday, May 7.The event was organized by Marlo Young, Mental Health Services Coordinator for the Escambia County School System. It will begin at 9 a.m. at the former YMCA building on Pensacola Avenue, and participants will walk to Tom Byrne Park, where a Mental Health Awareness…