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Help available for opioid addiction
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This article is the second in a two-part series on the opioid crisis and its effect locally. This article deals with the options available for those addicted to opium-based pain medications. The term “opioids was initially used only in reference to synthetic opiates — drugs created to mirror opium, but chemically different. Now the term is used for the entire family of opiates,…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Country Place property sold
Jay group to open The Summit By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer After months of often strained negotiations, a Jay, Fla. group — owners of two assisted living facilities in that state — has finally extended its footprint into Alabama. A six-member group — two family-practice physicians, a church pastor, an optometrist, a certified public accountant and an auctioneer — closed last week on a deal to purchase the building…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Atmore man killed
News Staff Report An Atmore man, 59-year-old Craig Sullivan, was mortally injured last Tuesday (Oct. 30) when a tractor-trailer rig pulled over him as he worked beneath the trailer at a Jay, Fla. peanut mill. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, the rig was parked at Birdsong Peanuts on State Street, unloading a trailer full of the farm commodity, around 9:49 a.m. After the peanuts were unloaded, the driver of…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Jackson will be next sheriff; Stewart takes White’s commission seat
Latest (unofficial) election returns from the Alabama Secretary of State Office: Local (100% of boxes reporting) ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF Heath Jackson — 6,426 Mike Lambert — 5,693 ESCAMBIA BOE, District 7 Coleman Wallace — 958 Amanda “Mandi” Thompson — 341 ESCAMBIA CO. COMMISSION, District 3 Scottie Stewart — 1,510 Larry White — 1,201 Statewide (26 of 67 counties reporting): GOVERNOR Kay Ivey — 220,542 (Projected winner) Walt Maddox — 125,721…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Williams Station Day
Chilly winds early, but otherwise ‘perfect’ day for festival  By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Attendance at the Williams Station Day celebration, held last Saturday, October 27, along Pensacola Avenue didn’t set any attendance records. But, with the competition it faced from other area events, the fact that it almost did has organizers declaring the six-hour festival a huge success. “I’m not sure, but I’ve heard estimates that we had…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago