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The following article by Bobbie Randall, a certified diabetes educator and registered certified dietician is very timely and informative as we celebrate Sep­tem­ber as National Food Safety Month.  She states - Schools are in full ses­sion. County...

Freddie T. Amerson, 88, of Cantonment, formerly of Bratt, Fla., died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 in Cantonment. Mrs. Amerson was born August 3, 1931, to Fred and Isabelle Roberts Tyre in White Springs, Fla. She was employed with Vanity Fair, as a restau...

Sheila “Rochelle” Bankston, 77, of Century, Fla., died Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Mrs. Bankston was born in Flomaton and had been a resident of the Century area for 62 years. A member of the First Baptist Church...

Larry Ray Chisum, 58, of Brewton, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, after a brief illness. Mr. Chisum was a native and former resident of Covington County before he relocated to Brewton. He was a retired policeman. A memorial service will be held at a...

Peggy Joyce Allen Cobb, 61, of Andalusia, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 after a brief illness. Mrs. Cobb was a native and long time resident of Brewton before she relocated to Andalusia. A 1976 graduate of W.S. Neal High School, she was employed as a...

Ernestine Daughtry, 90, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Poarch, Ala. Mrs. Daughtry was a native and lifelong resident of Poarch, where she served on the Tribal Council for more than 17 years. A homemaker, she was a member of the housing board in Poa...

Larry Staten DeWise, 71, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at Mobile Infirmary. Mr. DeWise was born Sept. 14, 1948, to Levearn “Boots” and Truddie DeWise in Uriah, Ala. A 1966 graduate of Frisco City High School, he worked for Southern Pine...

Marcus Dewayne Mitchell, 63, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, in Nokomis, Ala. Mr. Mitchell was a lifelong resident of Walnut Hill, Fla. A disabled veteran of the U. S. Army, he was a member of the Poarch Creek Band of Indians. The funeral was held at...

Leonita Souza Muehle, 84, of Brewton, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 after a brief illness. Mrs. Muehle was a native and former resident of The Azores Islands and former resident of Virginia, prior to moving to Brewton in 1978. Owner and operator of...

Patricia Ann Stoker Murph, 70, of Poarch, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Mrs. Murph was born Nov. 30, 1948, to Roy and Marie Gates Stoker. She worked in the home healthcare industry for many years, sitting with the elderly. The funeral was held at 2...

Danny Edward Ray, 71, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, in Pensacola. Mr. Ray lived most of his life in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, residing in Atmore for the past 15 years. A U.S. Army veteran, he was a member of the V.F.W. Pensacola and the...

Alan E. Rundall, 77, of Lillian, Ala., died Wed., Sept. 18, 2019, in Pensacola. Mr. Rundall was born June 22, 1942, to Marvin and Edna Grace Hunter Rundall in Mesa, Ariz. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he served as Captain in the U.S. Marine...

Jessie Bernice Wesley, 86, of the Canoe community near Atmore, died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at Solaris Healthcare in Pensacola. Mrs. Wesley was a 1951 graduate of Escambia County Training School who retired as a merchandise handler with J.C. Penney...

Marion Denise “Niecy” White, 64, of Atmore, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola. Mrs. White was a native of Atmore and 1972 graduate of Escambia County High School. She graduated from Alabama State University with a B.S....

OK, y'all know I'm just not into football. Never understood the game, but attended many during my high school years. My main interest was the socializing and watching all the excitement. I jumped up to scream when others did; didn't know if it was a...

The first year of Democratic control of the House of Representatives is almost up, and we have nothing to show for it. For the first several months, perhaps some of this lack of results was understandable. After a decade in the minority, Democrats...

The field is probably formulated for our 2020 Senate race. A Republican will be heavily favored to capture the seat currently held by our Democratic Senator, Doug Jones. Alabama is one of if not the most Republican states in the nation. It is quite...

On the third Friday of September, there was a global strike demanding action on climate change. Around the world millions of high school and college students cut classes and tech workers skipped work to protest perceived inaction on climate change....

Mr. Editor Thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts concerning the laws and issues I felt needed to be addressed during the publication of last week’s paper. Many people have commented on my article in the paper. It wasn’t comments about...