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Lopez By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Former Atmore and Flomaton policeman Isaac R. Lopez was recently ordered by a Florida judge to serve 10 years in the Sunshine State’s penal system in exchange for his guilty plea to trafficking in amphetamine.Court documents show the former lawman entered a guilty plea before Judge Coleman Robison to one count each of trafficking in more than 28 grams and less than 200 grams…

Collier takes over after BOE agrees to McClung contract buyout Collier Cindy Jackson, left, and Loumeek White, right, were deep in thought prior to Friday’s meeting. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer To say Friday, December 15, was a red-letter day for Michele Collier might be putting things mildly. Collier began the day as an assistant superintendent and a doctoral candidate. Before the day ended, she was neither. Collier was…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer There was plenty of excitement in the Escambia County Board of Education meeting room last Thursday, December 14, when the system’s latest “report card” showed marked improvement for most schools over last year’s scores. Unfortunately, almost all county schools, as well as the system, either remained at or dropped from the scores they received in 2019, when John Knott was superintendent.“I’m proud to announce our…

Glass shattered in block-long series of downtown windows, doors Mike Smith puts plywood on one of the Atmore News windows. Brown By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man with a penchant for — and history of — breaking glass was arrested Sunday afternoon, December 10, just hours after he left a block-long string of shattered shop windows and splintered glass doors in Atmore’s downtown business district.Atmore police took 42-year-old…

Rowland By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Former Atmore businessman Christopher Michael Rowland, who was forced to sell his business, Rowland Tire Shop, four years ago after being charged by a supplier with theft by deception, has been arrested again after funds were discovered missing from another local tire company for which he used to work.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported Tuesday morning, December 12, that Rowland was arrested on…