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Taylor scores 22, leads EA past Fort Dale
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Tiquale Taylor scored 22 points to lead Escambia Academy to a 57-37 win over Fort Dale last Friday, January 31, during the season’s last regular-season game and Senior Night for the Cougars, continuing a six-game winning streak. Taylor was also honored after the game for scoring more than 1,200 career points. According to EA head coach James Smith, it is yet to be confirmed if…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
Pine Barren hosting the Chestang Family
The Chestang Family will be at Pine Barren Baptist Church Sunday, February 16, for the 6 p.m. service. The Chestang Family of McIntosh, Ala. has been playing bluegrass gospel music since 1996. Their main purpose is to spread the gospel in song and encourage people along the way. Their music has been described as “Gospel music with the Traditional Bluegrass sound.” The Chestang Family has traveled all over the southeast…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Fighting to keep the state of the Union strong
This week is one for the history books as President Trump gives his State of the Union address only hours before he is acquitted of impeachment in the Senate. There could hardly be a greater contrast between work being done for the American people and a sham scheme to prevent it. The President can tout remarkable achievements over the last year despite unprecedented obstruction from Democrats afraid of his success.…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
GECA to present ‘A Little Princess’
News Staff Report This month, the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is presenting their children’s show, “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett. GECA will have two casts for this show, so if you have someone you really want to see, be sure to check with them about which cast they are performing with. Cast A performs Thursday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and 22: Sara Crewe – Emma Mast…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
No word yet on ambulance merger terms
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This article is the second in a three-part series on the announced merger of Atmore Ambulance Service and ASAP EMS-Ambulance and how the merger should improve response times in medical emergencies. Details of a reported merger between ASAP-EMS Ambulance and Atmore Ambulance Service have still not been forthcoming, but an employee of a Mobile law firm indicted this week that one of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago