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A Nokomis fire engine arrives with a tank of water to help fight the fire. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Note: The following story was written late Monday, September 4. Early Tuesday, September 5, Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Jerry Gehman reported the fire had jumped containment and was raging again.Firefighters from Alabama Forestry Commission, Atmore, Poarch, Perdido and Lottie were still battling the blaze as Atmore News went to…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although Escambia County Board of Education members gave Superintendent of Education Michele McClung an overwhelmingly satisfactory evaluation during a special August 30 meeting, a majority of the board still refused to move forward with a motion to renew McClung’s contract, which expires in less than 10 months.BOE Attorney Kirk Garrett told board members, who filled out evaluations over several days and returned them to him,…

David Gehman, standing, and Martin Gehman, seated, share memories on the last day of their broadcast By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher David Gehman and his dad, Martin, were in one area of the studio. David’s brother Jerry Gehman was in another area. All were broadcasting on WGYJ – for the final time. The radio station went off the air Sunday evening, September 3, but the live broadcasts ended Thursday morning, August…

Poarch man, 65, arrested in neighbor’s shooting death White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer UPDATED TO CORRECT SITE OF MURDER A 65-year-old Poarch man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center without bond at midweek, charged with murder in the Saturday, August 26, shooting death of a neighbor.Reports show Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Poarch Tribal Police officers and Atmore Police Department officers responded to Quarry Village Mobile Home Park,…

U.S. Congressman Jerry Carl was one of the guest speakers at the Escambia GOP meeting Monday, August 28, at Atmore City Hall. Judge Bill Cole (Jefferson County) and Judge Richard Minor (Lee County) also spoke briefly. After his comments about thehappenings in Washington D.C., Carl took questions from the audience. Shown talking after the meeting are, from left, Jerry Carl, Mayor Jim Staff, and Probate Judge Doug Agerton.