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Total loss
A track hoe belonging to Lamb’s Dozier Service was gutted April 29 when a fire erupted in its engine compartment. City firefighters were sent at 11:22 a.m. to a location on McRae Street, just outside the city limits, where the construction equipment was ablaze. Because fire engines were subject to bog down in the damp field, the department’s brush truck was used to extinguish the blaze. The track hoe was…
ECHS top students
Escambia County High School principal Amy Cabaniss and counselor Ashley Trawick honored the school’s top ten students with a Facebook announcement and a display at the school. Not the way this is usually done, but it’s an unusual end to the school year. Trawick, left, and Cabaniss, right, are shown putting up the display with the top ten students’ pictures. The top ten are, in order from 1 to 10,…
Atmore library, Books by Mail program resume operations
APL Director Hope Lassiter By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Public Library has reopened to the public, although it doesn’t look exactly the same as it did when it shut down about six weeks ago. The changes, mandated by Gov. Kay Ivey’s executive order, are minor, though, considering the value of the facility to students and others who seek its services. “I’m glad we’re back; the public needs us,”…
Main courthouse now open; Atmore satellite opens Monday
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Escambia County Commission has rescinded its emergency order that resulted in the closure of all county government facilities. The main county courthouse, in Brewton, re-opened Monday, May 4, for normal business hours, and the Atmore Satellite Office is expected to follow suit next Monday, May 11. The one-week delay is to allow county officials to have “sneeze barriers” installed that will aid in…
Atmore to get portion of FAA grants
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer U.S. Senator Richard Shelby announced last week that 25 municipal airports across Alabama will receive a total of $60,999,054 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants. Atmore will receive a nice slice of that pie. The funding, some of which is from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation for various airport improvements.…