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John Knott announces his retirement at the BOE meeting By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Most folks in the room knew what Superintendent of Education John Knott meant when he said, “We may as well get the elephant out of the room.” Most had heard that just that morning, he had announced at a principals’ meeting that he was planning to retire after seven years as the school system superintendent. His official…

Victim of Friday house fire Akers The “Earle house” on Jack Springs Road By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer An Atmore resident, Evelyn Glen Akers, 73, has passed away after being pulled from a late Friday evening (April 23) blaze by firefighters at a home located at 2902 Jack Springs, known to the community as the Earle home.Atmore fire crews were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, to serve as…

A truck driver was killed in a one-vehicle accident early Thursday morning (April 22) on Highway 97, Escambia County, Fla. The victim was a 52-year-old male from Mobile. The following is from the Florida Highway Patrol press release: On 22 April, 2021, at approximately 06:22AM, the Florida Highway Patrol was dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving a log truck on State Road 97 just south of Meadows Road. The…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer State Senator Greg Albritton, who helped put together the comprehensive statewide gaming bill that recently passed the Alabama Senate, said this week there were two solid reasons he pushed for passage of the legislation.“First off, if it gets to the people, I think it will be voted in overwhelmingly,” Albritton, who resides in Atmore, said prior to the Monday (April 19) meeting of the county’s…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although no official entity had confirmed it by midday Tuesday, the mother of an Atmore trucker who died April 6 while hauling rock in his tractor-trailer rig, said her son was dead before his truck ever made contact with any structure.The woman, who did not want her name published, said 52-year-old Larry Dean Milliken Jr. died of a heart attack, not as a result of…