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EA, ECHS players make All-State
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia Academy’s state runner-up gridiron squad continued a school tradition, and Escambia County High’s team brought a slight revival of a similar tradition at its school, as five Cougars and two Blue Devils were recently named to the 2018 Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State football teams. The Cougars, who have won or played for an Alabama Independent School Association title in four of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
School data released
State, county and individual schools By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer The news was good and bad. When Alabama Department of Education report card data was released last week, local schools did better than last year, but the overall grade for the system is still a C. That’s due in part to falling grades in two schools on the other end of the county. Accountability indicators Grades are based on…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
AFD battles McRae, car fires
Dinner interrupted By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department personnel almost missed a good meal last Thursday, January 3, when separate blazes broke out at apartment complexes on opposite ends of the city just as firefighters were getting ready to join their volunteer peers for a catered dinner. The second alarm came in just as firemen were returning from the first fire-suppression effort. Three AFD fire engines and…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
POA buys hardware store
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Pride of Atmore, the group initially formed to restore the Strand Theatre and now the leading force behind the city’s downtown revitalization effort, recently accomplished one of its primary goals with the purchase of the building in which Atmore Hardware did business for decades. Details of the transaction were not readily available, but POA Executive Director Foster Kizer said this week that acquisition of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
AFD fights building fire – twice
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer City firefighters were called twice on December 27 to battle separate blazes that destroyed a Cruit Drive storage barn and threatened several mobile homes in close proximity to the barn. AFD units were dispatched around 1:15 a.m. to the site, just off Jack Springs Road and a few yards from the Escambia County School System Bus Shop, then were recalled shortly after 6 a.m.…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago