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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 43-year-old Pensacola, Fla. man, treated lightly by the justice system after the first time he killed an Atmore man, wasn’t so lucky the second time around.A jury found Antonio Albert Crenshaw guilty October 11 of the fatal 2020 stabbing and shooting of 43-year-old Atmore resident Desmond Deshun Dirden, and Crenshaw was sentenced December 3 to serve 720 months (60 years) in state prison.According to…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Superintendent of Education Dr. Michele Collier was full of good news during the Escambia County Board of Education meeting held last Thursday, December 12, the board’s last regular scheduled session of 2024. Dr. Collier gave formal recognition, and a packed meeting room at the Atmore Central Office showed its appreciation with applause and a few yells, to the top teachers for each of the…

Bishop By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although Alabama Department of Corrections (ALDOC) investigators feel they have a strong case against an Atmore pastor who was arrested Thursday, December 5, on charges of trying to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, weapons and other items into Fountain Correctional Facility Annex, the pastor’s attorney said the arrest raises more questions than it answers.“My personal and professional opinion is, the whole thing smells of a setup,”…

Giles At least six buckshot pellets ripped through the window of a Point Escambia unit. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Hundreds of Atmore residents and visitors enjoyed pre-Christmas events over the weekend, but three local men will never see another Christmas after one of the city’s most violent weekends in recent memory.Atmore police have a suspect in jail for a late-Friday (December 6) shooting at Point Escambia Apartments that led…

Band, choir concertThe Escambia County High School Winter Concert will be held Thursday, December 12, 7 p.m., in the ECHS Hodnette Auditorium. Featured will be the ECHS Choir, Escambia County Middle School Concert Band, and the ECHS Wind Ensemble. Admission is free. Suggested donations are $4 for adults, $2 for students.GECA Christmas playThe Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA) production of “An Enchanted Bookshop Christmas,” concludes this week. Show…