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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although members of the Escambia County Board of Education and county school officials discussed several topics during a May 10 workshop at the Atmore Central Office, the discussions kept coming back to the same thing, the school system’s finances.“I know you guys had questions about finances [at the last meeting], where we were as far as bonds and things of that nature,” said Chief Schools…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education, meeting May 10 at the Central Office in Atmore, followed a lengthy workshop with a relatively short special meeting, during which the board approved revision of the school system’s salary schedule to account for summer schoolteachers, and a revision to the system’s Foreign Exchange Program procedures.Superintendent of Education Michele McClung said one of the most important agenda items was…

Traffic was backed up for more than a mile on South Main Street Monday evening, May 8, as locals waited for a rare chance to experience Ponderosa Party Burgers at David’s Catfish House, which originally operated as The Ponderosa. Some diners reported waiting in line almost 90 minutes to get the miniature sandwiches, offered at 50 cents each, while they lasted, in celebration of the restaurant’s 30th year in business.…

Gideons By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Bub Gideons was elected District Governor for Alabama Lions District C in 2020, he figured he had climbed just about as high as he could on the organization’s state ladder. Now there’s no doubt he has advanced that far.Gideons was elected statewide as the next Council Chair of the Alabama Lions Clubs International at the group’s state convention, held recently in Prattville.The local…

By Atmore News Staff State trackstersSix Escambia County High School track and field athletes earned their way into the Class 4A track and field meet that was held last weekend in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. Elijah Thomas, who qualified in three events, turned in the best showing among the Blue Devils, taking second in the long jump and fourth in the 200-meter run. He also qualified in the 100-meter…