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Meet & Greet set

News Staff Report Lillie Johnson and the Yellow Hat Society are planning a Meet & Greet for Escambia County School Superintendent Dr. Michele Collier, school administrators and coaches, and Board of Education members Monday, July 29, 6 p.m., Atmore City Hall.While this event is mainly to introduce new school personnel to the community, Johnson does not want to leave anyone out. And she’s hoping community members will come by to…

Felony arrests

Mixture of embalming fluid, GHB leads to drug arrest By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Whiting Nelson Schinasi Boutwell Atmore police discovered when responding to a report of a possible drug overdose, that the Atmore woman who supposedly overdosed had been drinking a mixture of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and embalming fluid, a cocktail commonly known as “Scoot.”GHB is an illegal drug sometimes used as a “party drug” because it produces feelings of…

Twice-convicted killer executed

Gavin By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute, hand-written appeal, twice-convicted killer Keith Edmund Gavin was put to death by lethal injection last Thursday, July 18, at William C. Holman Correctional Facility (HCF) outside Atmore.The nation’s high court reportedly reviewed the case around 5:15 p.m. before issuing a denial, and the execution commenced at 6 p.m., its scheduled time. Gavin, 64, was officially pronounced…

My story, part 6

Digmon One thing I have found in trying to put all this in order is that it’s not easy to put all this in order. I find myself going through legal documents, emails and my notes and sometimes things overlap, or I need to go back and explain something. Anyway, bear with me if at times I seem to jump around. 2023October 30Circuit Judge Jeff White, Circuit Judge Todd Stearns,…

Atmore man killed in I-10 crash

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 56-year-old Atmore man was killed Tuesday, July 9, when he ran off the shoulder of Interstate 10 near Madison, Fla. and his truck overturned.Florida Highway Patrol reports indicate that the unidentified man was traveling westbound, towing a boat, when he inexplicitly drove his truck off the roadway around 1:28 a.m., near mile marker 251.According to FHP reports, after the truck ran onto the paved…