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BOE approves $113K change order for FHS roof repairs
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Board of Education members approved more than $880,000 in spending during their meeting last Thursday, October 24, including approval of a $112,900 change order that increased the total cost of the Flomaton High emergency roof repair project to $432,900. Deputy Director of Operations Shaun Goolsby told BOE members the change order was based on the total decking that had to be replaced,…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
ECHS alumni reception – Short but sweet
By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Though the time for this year’s Escambia County High School Alumni Reception was a little shorter than usual, hugs, handshakes and back slaps were plentiful.The reception traditionally begins at 9 a.m., which it did this year. However, the ribbon cutting for the new field house was scheduled for 9:30. The reunion continued at the field house as almost everyone made their way to the ribbon cutting…
by Sherry Digmon access_time1 year ago
Threat defused
APD tight-lipped about former Army bomb expert’s plan for homemade devices Lofton By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police refused this week to confirm or deny reports that a former U.S. Army explosives disposal technician suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) — arrested last Tuesday, October 15, after two homemade bombs were discovered inside his residence — had plans to detonate the devices, or whether the devices were even armed.In…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago