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RP Star Students
The Rachel Patterson Elementary School Star Students for December are, from left, first row, Keelan Brown, Laroyia Turner, Bean Tolin, Luke Barnett, TyYountaye Ingram, Makenzie Jones, Ahmond Neal, Kailyn Mobley, Gabriel McCurdy, Jakaden King, Zechariah Flavors, Ariana Rager, Kennedy Williams; back, Tianna Crenshaw, Alexander Mummert, Zayden Loomis, Karmelo Dawson, Timothy Melvin, SaMiyah Stephens, Damarion Dees, Jalen Rothchild, Taelyn Lee. Not pictured are JaNasia Fountain, Skyler Wallace, Kenedi Stallworth, Thomas Adams,…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
ECMS students send cards to wounded soldiers
  News Staff Report Teachers who work with students in Escambia County Middle School’s ASTEM Afterschool Program have made writing a major focal point of the reading instruction given after regular school hours. That focus led to two recent projects — one designed to stimulate natural responses from the students to a particular situation, the other to entertain their fellow students. In the first project, ASTEM after-school students wrote cards…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Firefighters get hands-on extrication training
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore firefighters are continuously training to stay on top of the requirements of their job. But they don’t often get to carry out a training exercise like the one a small group of them tackled December 19. Capt. Zack Stewart and firefighters A.J. Beachy, Wayne Kelly and Jesse Boone got to sharpen their skills on several extrication tools by cutting apart a vehicle —…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Prison escapee recaptured on grounds
News Staff Report An inmate who tried to escape Wednesday night, December 19, from Fountain Correctional Facility near Atmore enjoyed only about three hours outside his cell before he was located on the prison grounds and taken back into custody. According to escape and recapture alerts issued by Alabama Department of Corrections officials, 34-year-old Ernest Allen Mitchell Jr. was able to get out of his dormitory without being detected and…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago