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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four Atmore City Council members swept through an unusually long agenda during their November 13 meeting.The panel, sitting without District 4’s Shawn Lassiter and District 2’s Jerome Webster, approved engineering and administrative agreements that will clear the way to improve drainage in the city’s northeastern quadrant, a contract that will provide a new operator for the local airport, and the purchases of a $640,000 fire…

Benjamin, Edwards, Wiggins only locals to face challengers By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The deadline for election qualifying came and went last Friday, November 10, without any late surprises.Two members of the Escambia County Board of Education, including its presiding officer, will face challenges for their respective seats in the March 5, 2024 Super Tuesday primary, as will the chairman of the Escambia County Commission.Chief Probate Clerk Natalie Rodgers reported…

DA, grand jury claim Atmore News publisher negligent, corrupt, immoral From left, Earnie White and Sherry Digmon leave the jail. By Atmore News Staff When District Attorney Steve Billy bragged during the October 12 meeting of the county school board that he “(doesn’t) control much, but (does) control the grand jury of this county,” a lot of people took it as an idle boast. Now they don’t.The county grand jury…

From left, Raymond Wiggins and Stephanie Bryan share a laugh prior to the ceremony. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Officials of Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Escambia Community Utilities and wireless provider BearCom jointly announced last week the completion of a $5.5 million project that is already providing high-speed internet service to portions of the tribal reservation and its surrounding area, where poor service or no service at all have…