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BOE lifts mask requirement
Masks will be optional for students, faculty News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education met in special session Wednesday, October 20, to address the mask requirement and personnel items.Board member Sherry Digmon made the motion to lift the mask requirement in schools as of October 29. At the September 20 meeting, the board voted to extend the requirement until October 29 when the Covid situation in schools would…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Council approves amendment to hospital land swap
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer During the Monday, October 25, meeting of the Atmore City Council, members approved the purchase of a brush truck for the fire department, authorized the next step in ridding several properties of grass and weed nuisances and approved a slight amendment to the land swap agreement for the community’s new hospital.The new fire-suppression vehicle will be used for fighting brush fires and wildfires. It was…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
‘Honoring’ Railroad Bill
The Atmore Historical Society was awarded a grant from The William G. Pomeroy Foundation for a Legends & Lore marker highlighting the infamous outlaw Railroad Bill. In comments about the bandit, Russell Brown with the Alger Sullivan Historical Society said the marker was not to celebrate Railroad Bill’s life because he was an outlaw. However, he was part of Atmore’s lore. Shown at the unveiling Thursday, October 21, are, from…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Parole denied for Castleberry man, lifer
Rabon Benton By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Castleberry man serving his second prison stint in six years, and a Montgomery County man who is serving four life sentences, will each remain in prison for at least another five years after the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles recently denied their respective bids for early release.Lee C. Rabon, 37, is in the early stages of a 104-month (8 years, 8…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Pot found growing in pot on porch
Rangel News Staff Report An Atmore man remained in the county jail this week after sheriff’s officers found marijuana growing in a pot on the front porch of his Martinville Loop Road home.According to Escambia County Detention Center records, 32-year-old John Michael Rangel is being held under a $100,000 bond on two felony charges, manufacturing a controlled substance and first-degree possession of marijuana.Sheriff’s reports indicate that officers discovered the pot…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago