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By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Escambia County Commission has rescinded its emergency order that resulted in the closure of all county government facilities. The main county courthouse, in Brewton, re-opened Monday, May 4, for normal business hours, and the Atmore Satellite Office is expected to follow suit next Monday, May 11. The one-week delay is to allow county officials to have “sneeze barriers” installed that will aid in…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer U.S. Senator Richard Shelby announced last week that 25 municipal airports across Alabama will receive a total of $60,999,054 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants. Atmore will receive a nice slice of that pie. The funding, some of which is from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation for various airport improvements.…

The aftermath of the accident By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An unidentified Atmore man reportedly escaped a single-vehicle wreck with relatively minor cuts, bumps and bruises after firemen cut the roof of his vehicle and peeled it back to rescue him. Atmore Police Department reports were unavailable by Tuesday’s press deadline, so the name and age of the driver (and only occupant of the vehicle) were not immediately available.…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Middle School students, who have taken to the Imagine Learning curriculum like ducks to water since it was introduced here less than four years ago, quickly earned the designation as one of the digital learning program’s Schools of Excellence. Now the school has, in a sense, graduated. In a congratulatory letter to ECMS Principal Debbie Bolden, Imagine Learning Chief Executive Officer Jeremy…

Some restrictions eased as pandemic curve begins to level off By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama of Public Health officials have watched anxiously as the COVID-19 virus has continued to be a force to be reckoned with. But, according to data released by ADPH this week, the pandemic’s “curve” seems to be flattening to some degree. The number of confirmed cases within the state has now exceeded 8,000. Health…