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Help available for opioid addiction
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This article is the second in a two-part series on the opioid crisis and its effect locally. This article deals with the options available for those addicted to opium-based pain medications. The term “opioids was initially used only in reference to synthetic opiates — drugs created to mirror opium, but chemically different. Now the term is used for the entire family of opiates,…
by Don Fletcher
access_time5 years ago
Country Place property sold
Jay group to open The Summit By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer After months of often strained negotiations, a Jay, Fla. group — owners of two assisted living facilities in that state — has finally extended its footprint into Alabama. A six-member group — two family-practice physicians, a church pastor, an optometrist, a certified public accountant and an auctioneer — closed last week on a deal to purchase the building…
by Don Fletcher
access_time5 years ago
Atmore man killed
News Staff Report An Atmore man, 59-year-old Craig Sullivan, was mortally injured last Tuesday (Oct. 30) when a tractor-trailer rig pulled over him as he worked beneath the trailer at a Jay, Fla. peanut mill. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, the rig was parked at Birdsong Peanuts on State Street, unloading a trailer full of the farm commodity, around 9:49 a.m. After the peanuts were unloaded, the driver of…
by Atmore News
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Jackson will be next sheriff; Stewart takes White’s commission seat
Latest (unofficial) election returns from the Alabama Secretary of State Office: Local (100% of boxes reporting) ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF Heath Jackson — 6,426 Mike Lambert — 5,693 ESCAMBIA BOE, District 7 Coleman Wallace — 958 Amanda “Mandi” Thompson — 341 ESCAMBIA CO. COMMISSION, District 3 Scottie Stewart — 1,510 Larry White — 1,201 Statewide (26 of 67 counties reporting): GOVERNOR Kay Ivey — 220,542 (Projected winner) Walt Maddox — 125,721…
by Don Fletcher
access_time5 years ago
Election update: Jackson still leads sheriff’s race
UPDATED 9:38 p.m. (District 3 Commission race corrected) Latest election returns from the Alabama Secretary of State Office: ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF Heath Jackson — 4,273 Mike Lambert — 2,997 ESCAMBIA BOE, District 7 Coleman Wallace — 17 Amanda “Mandi” Thompson — 10 ESCAMBIA CO. COMMISSION, District 3 Scottie Stewart — 1,192 Larry White — 996 Statewide (21 of 67 counties reporting): GOVERNOR Kay Ivey — 162,525 (Projected winner) Walt Maddox…
by Don Fletcher
access_time5 years ago
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