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Covid tops local news in 2nd half of 2021
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The economic boom caused by construction projects continued in Atmore over the second half of 2021. But the subject of the previous year’s top story — the Covid pandemic — charged back to become the biggest news creator of the year.A pandemic-blamed global spike in the cost of building materials, coupled with a sharp decrease in availability of those materials, delayed the start of or…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
What to expect from Congress in 2022
Congressman Jerry Carl The House returns to Washington this week to begin the second session of the 117th Congress. Last year was a jam-packed legislative year as the Democratic Majority rammed through quite a bit of terrible legislation in the House. Thankfully, the Senate blocked or slowed down the majority of the junk passed by the House. A great example of this is Build Back Better, which is President Biden’s…
by Submitted Article access_time4 years ago
Cougars down Oak Park
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia Academy’s Landon Sims scored 29 points last Friday, January 7, to lead the Cougars past Oak Park, 56-44. With the win, the EA’s varsity boys’ basketball team improved to a 7-3 season record and is ranked sixth in the AISA ASWA rankings after getting off to a slow start earlier this season due to many of the players doubling as football players or just inexperienced…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago
ECHS dominates Vigor
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter The Escambia County High boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams have been a dominating force for much of this season. Last Friday, January 7, the ECHS teams continued this trend when the varsity boys defeated Vigor 62-49, and the varsity girls defeated the Wolves 61-59.“We are on track and both teams are continuing to play well,” ECHS coach Keyon Thompson said. “We have a ton of…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago
Battles secures record
ACS falls to Lighthouse Battles By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Even though the Atmore Christian Rams fell 88-65 against Lighthouse Christian last Friday, January 7, they took away some major momentum and saw one of their players set a new school points scoring record.Throughout his entire high school basketball career Caeden Battles, son of ACS head coach Tim Battles and older brother to fellow basketball teammate Emmett Battles, has been a…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago