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Bulldogs win Monroe Co. Thanksgiving Classic
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter J.U. Blacksher’s Bulldogs captured the Monroe County Thanksgiving Classic Tournament championship by defeating J.F. Shields (54-49) and Monroe County (34-31) during the two-day tournament played last Monday and Tuesday, November 25 and 26. K.D. Rabb led the Bulldogs with 29 points against the Panthers in JUB’s tourney opener. Rabb hit two three-point shots and recorded a steal. J.T. Tucker, who also recorded two steals, a…
EA sweeps Jackson Academy in first home games of year
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter After falling short of another AISA football championship, Escambia Academy’s boys have wasted no time getting back to winning ways, as the stars of the football field have swapped helmets for basketball shorts. The Cougars hosted the first home basketball games of the year against Jackson Academy on Monday, December 2. In varsity action, the Cougars manhandled Jackson Academy 74-37 as four Cougars recorded double…
Impeachment lessons from the distant past
The first true test of the Legislative branch’s impeachment powers occurred over two centuries ago in 1805. It parallels with the current impeachment process, and the important precedent it set for determining impeachable conduct, make it worth examining today. That long-ago impeachment battle was waged against Samuel Chase of Maryland, a justice of the United States Supreme Court. The episode is a stern warning against the use of the power…
Asphalt plant nearing completion
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The latest member of Atmore’s industrial community should be doing business at a regular pace by the end of the year, when a new asphalt plant — currently in the final stages of construction — begins production. “We’re getting everything lined up and situated,” Corey Horton, General Superintendent of the H.O. Weaver & Sons, Inc. plant, said this week. “We hope to be making…
Flags will mark raid on Pearl Harbor
Special to Atmore News Billy Glenn Rushing American Legion Post 90 will deploy American and POW flags along the south side of the railroad tracks on Friday, December 6. WHY, you might ask. As a reminder of the devastation and sacrifices of many Americans that occurred on December 7, 1941. This is an extract from Library of Congress: Air Raid On Pearl Harbor “On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked…