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Bids to be let soon for renovation of ECHS fieldhouse By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although various logistics problems, along with state-suggested changes in the original plans, have delayed the planned construction of a new athletic fieldhouse for Escambia County High School for at least two months, officials say they expect the project to be back on track within days.Shaun Goolsby, Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) for the county’s public…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Witnesses who were inside the McDonald’s on South Main Street when gunfire erupted Sunday night said a female employee fired “several shots” inside the restaurant after being assaulted by her former boyfriend.Atmore police have labeled the gunfire “an accidental discharge,” and said the female “is signing warrants” on the man who attacked her. Nobody was injured by flying bullets.The first police report, issued Monday morning,…

By Atmore News Staff Brief visitRichard Monroe and Phillip Monroe stopped in Atmore last week for a short visit with their mother, Myrna Monroe. While here, the siblings pressure-washed Miss Myrna’s house and trimmed the bushes in her yard. Miss Myrna said she, Richard and Phillip enjoyed dinner at David’s Catfish House, then chatted into the late hours of the brief stopover. The boys drove to Orange Beach the next…

16-year-old boy charged as adult By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy reportedly made the decision to try a 16-year-old Atmore boy as an adult in the February 20 shooting death of the 16-year-old girl he had been dating.The suspect, who cannot be identified under Alabama law, was taken into custody shortly after he shot Escambia County High School volleyball player Janyia Wilson, 16, then drove…

Candlelight and balloons in Janyia’s memory By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 150 people gathered Sunday night, February 26, at Houston Avery Park to remember Janyia Wilson, the 16-year-old Escambia County High School student athlete who was shot to death recently by a teen she had been dating.Friends, classmates, family members — including the young shooting victim’s mother, Mary “Camille” Johnson — and others paid tribute to the young…