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Police out in force for ECHS-Vigor football game
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Local education and law enforcement officials won’t say exactly what prompted a request for a strong law enforcement presence at the Escambia County High-Vigor High football game last Friday, Oct. 1, but there certainly was one.Citing a cryptic need for stringent security measures, at the request of Mobile County School System officials, the game’s kickoff was moved up three hours and the contest was played…
AFD’s new truck already paying dividends
From left, Firefighter A.J. Beachy, Capt. Daniel Love, Chief Ron Peebles and Lt. Wayne Kelley with the new truck. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer It took a while to get the newest member of Atmore Fire Department’s fleet to the city, but it didn’t take long for the new truck to start paying dividends.The 2002 tanker, which features a 2,500-gallon tank, was purchased from Fort Myers, Fla.-based Bradford Fire Apparatus.…
Chevron shooting arrest
Rabb By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A former three-sport standout at J.U. Blacksher High School, currently a freshman starter on the University of Mobile basketball team, has been charged in the August 31 shooting incident at the Chevron station on South Main Street in Atmore.Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported this week that 19-year-old Ke’Darieon “KD” Rabb, a resident of Frisco City who earned All-State basketball honors his senior year…
‘Self-inflicted’ shooting on Bragg St.
News Staff Report Atmore police continued this week their investigation into a shooting that occurred last Friday (October 1) at Bragg Street Apartments.The incident, which took place shortly after 6 p.m., was initially reported as a fatal shooting, but Police Chief Chuck Brooks said the unidentified victim did not succumb to the injury.“The victim is still alive and is being treated at an area medical facility,” Brooks said.Reports from a…