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Atmore residents charged in Bratt break-in, shooting
Kyles Chick By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman and an Atmore man remained behind bars in Escambia County, Fla., arrested Sunday (May 28) after they allegedly entered a Bratt, Fla. mobile home illegally and attacked the sleeping occupants, shooting one of them in the arm in the process.The Escambia County Jail shows Tiana Brooke Chick, 20, was being held without bond early Tuesday, May 30. She is charged…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Dozens left in the dark after truck shears power pole
The pickup slammed into the base of the pole. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 150 residents and businesses along Main Street were without electricity, some for more than three hours, last Wednesday, May 24, when a pickup truck left the city’s busiest thoroughfare and plowed into a utility pole at the intersection of South Main and Horner streets.Traffic lights on Main, Trammell and East Nashville also went dark…
by Don Fletcher access_time11 months ago
Escambia County students ACT benchmark scores improve
By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News Numbers are very significant for a high school student taking the ACT. And they’ve gone up for high school students in the Escambia County system.Some numbers are known as a “benchmark” score of the ACT. And they are more than just numbers. They signify a student has achieved a “credential.”A different benchmark is set for obtaining a credential and is part of the College…
by Submitted Article access_time11 months ago
Fatal beatings
Infant’s mother, her stepfather-boyfriend charged with murder Comalander Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 24-year-old Atmore woman and her 48-year-old stepfather, who is also described by authorities as her boyfriend, remained behind bars without bond at midweek, each charged in the death of the woman’s infant child, who apparently died in April as a result of a series of vicious beatings administered by the pair.Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson…
by Don Fletcher access_time12 months ago
GECA presents ‘Harvey’
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ production of “Harvey” opens Thursday, May 18, and runs through Sunday.The cast is as follows:Elwood P. Dowd – Dietrich BoundurantVeta Louise Simmons – Leslie GarnerBetty Chumley – Priscilla EbyE.J. Lofgren – Priscilla EbyMrs. Ethel Chauvenet – Priscilla EbyJudge Omar Gaffney – Jerry JanesWilliam R. Chumley, M.D. – Vincent JayeLyman Sanderson, M.D. – Albert GrassiaRuth Kelly, R.N. – Katherine EbyMyrtle Mae Simmons – Courtney…
by Atmore News access_time12 months ago