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EA officials: Threat against school not valid
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia Academy Headmaster Hugh Fountain said Tuesday that school officials have not been able to determine who started a rumor that evolved into a reported threat against the school, supposedly made by a student who posted it on a social media site. The threat was reportedly posted Monday night, October 29, on Snapchat. According to a message from the aunt of another EA student,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
The opioid crisis
Atmore, Escambia County not immune to addiction epidemic By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This article is the first in a two-part series on the opioid crisis and its effect locally. Part two, which will be published in the November 7 edition of Atmore News, will deal with the options available for those addicted to opium-based pain medications. A medical problem that began cropping up in the 1990s has…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Obituaries for the week of October 28,2018
Georgia Earline Burkett Mrs. Georgia Earline Burkett, age 81, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, October 22, 2018 at her home. She was born in Atmore to the late Grace and Stiner Weaver. She was a long-time member of Presley Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Gary Burkett, of Alexander City, Ala.; three brothers, Cecil Weaver, Claude (Frances) Weaver and Clarence (Elizabeth) Weaver, all of Atmore;…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Ribbon cutting for Waves
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Waves Car Wash, Friday, Oct. 19. Chamber board members and Ambassadors, friends and family joined the owners and employees for the occasion. Shown are, from left, front, Anna Grace Janes, Emma Caroline Sasser, Sara Rolin, Brooke Doolittle, Mary Thompson Lancaster, Joshua Banks, Logan Chavers, Adonis Williams; middle, Emily Wilson, Myrna Monroe, Mike Kemp, Mike Dickert, Loralee Schneider, Sara Schneider,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Conservative policies are working
Rarely in today’s world of instant communication and “the loudest voice wins” politics do we hear positive stories in the news cycle. Now, though, I would like to draw attention to a story that has proven to be good news, but has, for the most part, not received the coverage it deserves: conservative policies are working. In the past two years, the Republican-controlled Congress has passed over 1,000 bills out…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago