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By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale set bond last week at $1 million for Anthony Jerome English, the Atmore man accused of shooting another Atmore man to death on September 24. English, 23, is accused of waiting in ambush, then shooting several times into a Nissan Altima driven by Roderick Lynn “Thumper” Watkins Jr., also 23, when Watkins arrived at his Jimbos Road home…

Northview grad, senior trapped inside when car hits tree, bursts into flames By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A 2019 Northview High School graduate and a member of the school’s Class of 2020 remained in critical condition in a Mobile hospital’s burn unit this week after the car in which they were traveling ran off a Gonzalez street, hit a tree and burst into flames last week. According to a…

Two young women, one a graduate of Northview High School and the other a student there, were critically injured Wednesday night (Oct. 2) when the car in which they were riding ran off a Gonzalez street and hit a tree. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, Paige Roberts, 19, of Pensacola was driving a 2011 Chevy Cruze northward on Pauline Street, approaching Rusty Lane, around 10:30 p.m. Ashlynne Goins, 18, of…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Kirk Jay, who reached the finals among singers on television’s The Voice last year, will be the featured performer for Destiny Worship Center’s 14th annual Stomp the Yard event. The annual free “gathering of gifted youth” will take place from noon until 5 p.m. this Saturday, October 5, at Atmore’s Houston Avery Park. Jay, from Bay Minette, performed with country stars Blake Shelton (whose…

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Immediately, the prayers started. By the dozens, by the hundreds. Joe “Cowboy” Hall’s illness was the focus of Facebook postings for several days and nights. The prayers for healing became prayers for the family when Joe passed away Tuesday, September 24. His healing came – but not here. Cowboy was the community’s friend and helper. Most recently, he and his wife Lauri became the face…