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ECMS receives statewide award
Escambia County Middle School’s fourth-grade students were the guests of honor at a February 2 assembly during which their accomplishments in the study of mathematics were recognized and praised. The 170 or so fourth-graders, who became ECMS students when A.C. Moore Elementary was consolidated the end of last term, posted statistical progress that was called “unbelievable” by the representative of the company that sponsors the statewide competition. Debbie Bolden, in…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Semmes man killed in Atmore crash
A Mobile County man lost his life Wednesday, January 31, when the vehicle he was driving left a roadway just outside Atmore and hit a culvert. Alabama State Troopers reported that the fatal, single-vehicle mishap occurred around noon on North 18th Avenue, just east of Atmore. Troopers reported that Rudolph Reginald Nettles, 62, of Semmes was travelling south in a 1955 Chevrolet when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
The State of our Union is strong
By Congressman Bradley Byrne Last Tuesday, President Donald Trump came before Congress and the American people to deliver his first State of the Union Address. President Trump presented an optimistic, unifying vision for the United States and called on Republicans and Democrats to work together for the betterment of America. Many people have described the speech as a “pep rally for America,” and I tend to agree with that analysis.…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
The red hot mess politicians have heaped on our schools
By Larry Lee Politicians, particularly Senate majority leader Del Marsh and Rep. Terri Collins seem to have gone out of their way to tear down our public schools and paint a picture that is nowhere close to accurate. P.T. Barnum could never have created the circus we now have throughout the state thanks to legislation these good folks sponsored in 2012 and 2013. In 2012 Terri Collins passed a bill to…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
Jones running for state supreme court
The following announcement was submitted by the candidate through the Alabama Press Association. Circuit Judge Debra Jones has qualified as a candidate for the Alabama Supreme Court, Place 1. She has been a Circuit Judge in Calhoun and Cleburne counties since 2010. Judge Jones, a Republican, is running for the open seat created by the resignation of Justice Glenn Murdock. The Republican primary is June 5, 2018. “My judicial philosophy…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago