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Drugs in baby’s system, mom charged
Powers By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was arrested May 2 on a chemical endangerment charge, more than eight months after her newborn baby was found to have cocaine in its system.Police Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Daphne Powers, 33, was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center on one count of chemical endangerment of a child.Under Alabama law, chemical endangerment of a child is a Class C…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Registration under way
A.C. Moore will be home to new pre-K program By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Since A.C. Moore Elementary School was closed in 2017, the building has mostly been vacant. That is going to change in the near future.Escambia County Superintendent of Education Michele McClung posted on the school system’s Facebook page that the school building would soon be home to the Alabama First-Class Pre-K program, a statewide voluntary pre-kindergarten plan.The…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Mental Health Awareness Walk
More than 40 people, including a few in strollers, either walked or were strolled from the former YMCA building on Pensacola Avenue, to Tom Byrne Park, as part of the 2nd Annual Mental Health Awareness Walk, held May 7. The walk was organized by Marlo Young, who heads up the county school system’s mental health programs and services. Young and others, who also manned an information booth at Mayfest, were…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Candidates gearing up for May 24 primaries
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Local Republican and Democratic candidates are scurrying from one end of their respective districts to the other — some from one end of the county or state to the other — in an attempt to convince voters that they are the best person for the office they are seeking.Campaign signs have been displayed on roadsides and in the yards of area homes for months, and…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Atmore man arrested for 1st-degree theft
Garrick Hunnicutt Riley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer No details were available on the arrest by this week’s press deadline, but the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) website shows that Poarch Creek Indians police arrested an Atmore man on charges he stole property valued at more than $2,500.According to the website, 46-year-old Christopher Damon Garrick was processed into the county jail on May 7 on one count of first-degree theft.Theft…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago