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Public gets overview of sustainability plan
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer About 40 residents of Atmore and Poarch heard the basics of a plan to foster growth and sustain economic stability within the community during a February 19 public meeting at Escambia County High School’s Hodnette Auditorium. John Robert Smith and Chris Zimmerman of Smart Growth America (SGA) explained some of the basics of such a plan and explained how analysis of the current situation…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Council approves new police car purchase
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City council members unanimously approved the purchase of five new police cars during their February 25 meeting. After Jonathan Gibbs of Boy Scouts Troop 26 in Atmore led in the Pledge of Allegiance, the council took barely three minutes to approve the minutes of its February 11 meeting and give the green light to the vehicle purchase, which was the only item on…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
2 crashes on Main Street
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A pair of two-vehicle crashes that occurred a day apart on Main Street caused extensive damage to three of the four vehicles and sent two people to a local hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. The first mishap occurred around 8 a.m., February 20, at Main’s intersection with Howard Street, when 23-year-old Jacinda Wiley of Castleberry, northbound in a 2016…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
ECMS shines for BOE
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The setting for the February 21 Escambia County Board of Education meeting provided an opportunity for the administration, faculty and students of Escambia County Middle School to shine – and shine they did. Students Naasia Reynolds and Janiyah McCants welcomed the board from the school’s new broadcast studio. The meeting was held in the ECMS collaboration lab, with a robotics demonstration by seventh-grader Jakaiya Owens.…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Woman charged in smuggling attempt
News Staff Report Agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division arrested two women last week after separate incidents that occurred during visitation at two state correctional facilities. One of the arrests was made at Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore. According to a press release issued by DOC officials, 47-year-old Latonya Jones of Montgomery was arrested February 17 and charged with one count each of possession of…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago