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To be built across from Walmart By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer City of Atmore officials confirmed with an “ultra-high degree of certainty” that Jack’s Family Restaurants will build its 11th — and southernmost — Alabama-based fast-food eatery here. Mayor Jim Staff said the deal is all but done, having come down to some minor amendments to the wording of the contract between the city and officials of the restaurant…

Foster Kizer, at left in foreground, and architect Steve Stone of Mobile-based dakinstreet architects, at right, listen to comments from Dale Ash (off camera) during the October 16 pre-bid walk-through of the Strand Theatre and the former Atmore Hardware building, which will soon be restored. Stone and potential bidders joined Kizer, Ash and Cindy Colville for the tour. Bids will be opened November 20, and the renovation project is expected…

Crowder Gulf crews are in the final stages of debris removal after Hurricane Sally’s winds wreaked havoc on trees in and around Atmore in September. All city parks and cemeteries have reopened, and more than 37,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris have been removed from along city streets. Stumps and large tree pieces are being stored at the former Escambia County Middle School site, where they are being ground into…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The rate of COVID-19 continued to remain relatively stable in Escambia County over the past four days, although 18 new cases were confirmed among county residents out of 493 specimens collected since October 16. Escambia has now seen 1,713 confirmed cases since the pandemic began, with 28 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Less than half of those were from specimens collected at the…

Attending the October 16 meet-and-greet were, from left, Sen. Greg Albritton, Cory Hill, Eunice Johnson, Shawn Lassiter, Hope Lassiter, Walter Overby, Debra Wallace and Rep. Alan Baker. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Not many everyday people know what the Alabama Supercomputer Authority is, or what it does. But to librarians across the state, the organization is well known and of vast importance. ASA is also important to those who…