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Atmore police, answering another June 19 call, drove up on a two-vehicle collision involving drivers who are brothers. Police reports indicate that a 2008 Mercury Marquis driven by a 20-year-old Atmore man was traveling south on 4th Avenue and failed to stop at the Church Street intersection sign. His brother, 22, in a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, “was driving east on East Church Street at a high rate of speed” and…

Alabama State Troopers reported that no injuries resulted from a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer rig and a small sedan that occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19. Trooper reports indicate that the crash occurred when the 1994 Kenworth struck the 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, which was turning. The wreck happened on Jack Springs Road near its junction with Woods Road. Senior Trooper Joshua Thompson said state troopers no longer…

Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department officials reported that no one was injured in a June 23 collision between a Nissan Sentra and a Chevrolet pickup that occurred on U.S. 31, near its junction with Maplewood Drive. Reports show the wreck happened around 7:45 p.m. when the Sentra, which was turning into a private driveway, turned into the path of the pickup. Airbags were activated in both vehicles, but nobody was injured.…

BOE, Ford reach agreement; contract signed By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although Escambia County Board of Education members tackled 16 “action items” and approved the expenditure of $388,000 for various curricular and technologic purchases during their June 13 meeting, it was the first item that created the most excitement. For the first time since February 29, the county school system has a full-time employee in the vacant Chief Schools…

Digmon This is not the article I was going to write for this week’s paper. However, I decided to finish writing about my arrests rather than get into details of the charges against me.I was indicted by the grand jury on two charges – revealing grand jury secrets and ethics violations. My plans are to write later about those absurd charges in detail.Last week’s article recounted my first arrest. As…