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Blue Devils advance to Class 4A South Regional semifinals
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County High’s boys basketball team continued to pick up steam last weekend, knocking off Bullock County by a 51-42 score in AHSAA Class 4A South Subregionals action on Saturday, February 10, and advancing into the South Regional semifinals.Cleo Bolar Jr. scored 20 points to help lead the way for the Blue Devils. According to the AHSAA website, ECHS will meet UMS-Wright in a semifinals…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago
Felony arrests
Local man jailed for stolen property, forgery, drug possession By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Hovance An Atmore man, 53-year-old John Kenneth Hovance, was arrested February 8 by city police on numerous felony charges, According to Atmore Police Department reports, APD patrol officers were advised around 6:25 p.m. to be on the lookout for a stolen vehicle that had reportedly been seen in the Freemanville Drive area.Officers located the vehicle and…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago
Accomplices in 2018 Walnut Hill murder sentenced
Stacey Thomas Shiffner By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three people convicted of being accessories after the fact to the 2018 murder of one man and attempted murder of another at a Walnut Hill residence have been sentenced to stiff prison sentences and have begun serving them.Court documents and published reports show that Christopher James Logan Stacey of Atmore, Jessica Nicole Thomas, in whose home the murder and attempted murder took…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago
Honoring a legacy, contributions
The head table, from left, Zickeyous Byrd, Shawn Goolsby, Dr. Michele Collier, Harold Dailey, Rev. Rodtric Robinson, Bea Forniss, Pastor Michael Arnold, Loumeek White Rosa Parks Award presented to Pastor Michael Jackson, right, by Sheila Johnson-Williams Trail Blazer Citizens Award presented to Brian Stallworth, left, by Vasaroy Johnson Certificate of Recognition presented to Voncile Stallworth by Rep. Alan Baker, right. At left is family friend Ray Dees. Flag presented to…
by Sherry Digmon access_time10 months ago
Emergency repairs at high school
The cafeteria’s most dangerous area was cordoned off by sawhorses and yellow tape. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education, sitting two members short when the decision was made, approved during a February 2 special called meeting an emergency-declaration resolution that will speed up replacement of weather-damaged flooring in the cafeteria at Escambia County High School.The damage was caused by the contraction of floor tiles due…
by Don Fletcher access_time10 months ago