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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia Academy officials announced this week that the school’s football team, riddled with injuries that left only a dozen players available, will not play the final two games of its 2024 schedule.“We’re devastated, but we will be OK,” Headmaster Susan Kirk said. “We started with 25 players; now we only have 12 healthy players, and three of them are junior varsity. We met with board…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members, during their October 14 meeting, gave city codes enforcement officers the green light to begin the abatement of weeds and tall grass on 14 city properties.City Clerk Becca Smith said Codes Enforcement Officer Greg Vaughn told the council the owners of each property had been contacted and warned that the city would take responsibility for cleaning up an initial list of…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer With almost perfect weather predicted for October 26, and a possible record number of vendors offering one of the widest arrays of hand-crafted items, food and drinks in many years, organizers feel there’s virtually nothing that could prevent this year’s Williams Station Day (WSD) celebration from being a huge success.“The long-range weather shows that we should have perfect weather on Williams Station Day,” said Addison…

Main Street Alabama, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Main Street Atmore, will host an open house to celebrate its recent installment of the Small “Boxcar” Shop, a retail incubator made possible through a USDA Rural Development Grant.The newest fixture in the community is set inside Boxcar Park, a public space and outdoor stage where popular events take place, including a recent performance by Will Moseley…

Atmore firefighters respond to predawn Friday fire, collision The GMC wound up on its side in a ditch, almost buried under trees, bushes and leaves. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department (AFD) personnel didn’t get a lot of sleep last Friday (October 11), at least not during the predawn hours. From a few minutes before 4 a.m. until the sun started to appear on the horizon, AFD crews…