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Memorial Day program
News Staff Report Each year, VFW Post 7016 and American Legion Post 90 host a program to honor those who died in service to their country. This year, the program will be held Monday, May 27, Memorial Day, 9 a.m., at the Veterans Monument in front of Atmore City Hall. The keynote speaker is Major Valisa Hadley of Atmore, Alabama Army National Guard. The most solemn portion of the ceremony…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Finally, a traffic light at Walmart
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer One of Atmore’s busiest and most dangerous traffic locations will soon become a lot safer. Mayor Jim Staff confirmed last week reports that a traffic light would soon be placed on Alabama 21, at the entrance to Walmart. A steady stream of vehicles on the city’s busiest traffic artery often causes lengthy delays in getting into or out of the store’s parking lot, and…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
ECHS Class of 2019 breaks record
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher A couple of weeks ago, on Phil Johnson’s early morning radio show, Escambia County High School Principal Dennis Fuqua talked about the school, mentioning among other things the Class of 2019 and the pending scholarship amount that would be announced at Class Day. He didn’t give anything away, saying that he realized of course at some point the records would no longer be set. At…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Life without parole
McCaster pleads to intentional murder By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man, arrested nearly five years ago and charged with capital murder in the June 2013 strangulation death of an Atmore woman, avoided a possible death sentence by entering a guilty plea last week in Escambia County Circuit Court to a lesser charge. Collis McCaster, 45, swapped a guilty plea to intentional murder in exchange for a sentence…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Deadly party
1 killed, 8 wounded, as gunfire shatters celebration By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Friday, May 17, was a red-letter day for Escambia County High School. Little did anyone know that the school’s fortunes would take a 180-degree turn before the sun rose on May 18. A Friday announcement that the Class of 2019 had set a new record for the dollar-value of scholarships earned was followed by the football…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago