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Cougars cruise past Knights, into state title game
EA’s Randall Bonds stiff-arm a Macon East defender during last Friday night’s game. BY JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter For the fifth straight season, Escambia Academy is state championship-bound after defeating Macon-East Montgomery Academy 54-13 in their AISA Class 2A state semifinals showdown last Friday, November 13. Landon Sims, Daughtry McGhee, Caleb Davis and Bubba Nettles helped guide the Cougars past the Knights. After Macon-East drew first blood, Sims gained the…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
A different Veterans Day
Not sure I could write more about these unusual times than has been written. The uncertainty caused by the pandemic continues as cases are spiking around the country. Families and friends are rethinking Thanksgiving traditions, changing plans, in some cases sacrificing this year in order to hopefully have many more in the future. Veterans Day was different this year. While some schools usually have programs and ceremonies to honor our…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Much to do
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Congress returns to Washington this week after a six-week hiatus for the election. Since the end of July, we have only met for a few weeks, and the work we need to complete has piled up. This Congress ends at noon on Sunday, January 3 when the new Congress will be sworn in and start all over again as any bills pending from the old Congress…
by Submitted Article access_time5 years ago
Still meals-only at Atmore’s SAIL Center
Charlotte Purvis chats with Ray Lowery as she hands him a meal. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Atmore’s Senior Activity for Independent Living (SAIL) Center is unable to provide the array of activities its clients have gotten used to. There is one key service, though, that has continued — in a different format — without interruption. “We are still feeding our clients, Monday through…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
No evidence of arson in country club fire
Almost all of the damage was to the building’s vinyl siding. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although some people feel differently, authorities are fairly certain an early-Monday (November 16) fire that caused moderate damage to the clubhouse at Atmore Country Club was not purposely set. “We have not determined what caused the fire, but we’ve pretty much determined it wasn’t arson,” said Atmore Fire Department Chief Ron Peebles. “There…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago