 01/02/10 SHORTER -- Alabama casinos are making a $500 million bet that luxury hotels, celebrity restaurants and big-name entertainment will give southbound tourists an alternative to Mississippi's Gulf Coast gambling destinations.
 01/01/10 Wednesday Escambia County emergency management officials announced the county did not meet the threshold for individual federal assistance ...
 12/31/09 The Small Business Administration is offering disaster assistance to Alabama residents affected by flooding.
 12/30/09 courtesy photo | The Brewton Standard An inmate at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, participates in a video conferencing hearing with Escambia County Circuit Judge Burt Rice.
 12/18/09 15-year-old Tanner Boatwright was shot with buckshot pellets while hunting with two friends Thursday.
 12/16/09 Christmas is almost here. Just 12 more shopping days until Santa Claus hops into his big red sleigh to bring all the little children around the world gifts and happiness.
12/16/09 According to Sonya Daniel, the Public Information Manager of Emergency in Escambia County, Fla., several roads in the county recently closed due to flooding.
 12/15/09 Relentless rain produces flash-flooding in Escambia County, Alabama....damaging homes and businesses more
 12/15/09 Heavy rains pounded the already-soggy South on Tuesday, flooding roads and homes and forcing school closures in parts of Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia. Some drivers had to be rescued from flooded roads in Alabama and officials opened an emergency shelter southwest of New Orleans. More than an inch of rain an hour was falling in south Louisiana, and the New Orleans airport recorded more than 7 ...
 12/15/09 More than 4 inches of rain have saturated parts of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties since Friday, closing roads, snarling traffic and swelling area waterways. Though Wednesday's forecast calls for drier, colder weather, more rain is expected in the coming days and weeks, National Weather Service meteorologist Jack Cullen said. Cullen blamed this year's El Niño weather pattern for the continued ...
 11/30/09 Alabama Gov. Bob Riley took aim at electronic charitable bingo Monday, appointing a special investigative task force led by a former prosecutor who has been successful in getting some machines declared illegal.
11/30/09 Adam Robinson | The Brewton Standard T.R. Miller Lady Tiger Nakiya Smith, left, guards a Pensacola High player Tuesday at Choctawhatchee High School. Smith scored 35 points, but the Lady Tigers lost 77-57.
11/28/09 A teacher, a judge and an actor have left such a mark on the world that they will be forever immortalized in the Atmore Hall of Fame. A ceremony held Saturday to induct the three newest members, two posthumously, to the Hall of Fame highlighted their accomplishments and service to the community.
11/27/09 Thousands braved chilly weather under sunny skies Thursday to watch as the three-hour Turkey Day Classic Parade worked its way down Dexter Avenue.
11/27/09 The Alabama's Farmers Federation says prices on your Thanksgiving feast are down. Really?
 11/22/09 An Atmore dentist was found dead in his home Saturday, according to the Atmore Advance.
11/17/09 Contractors were demolishing the former Crichton Elementary off Spring Hill Avenue in Mobile on Monday, clearing away what school officials called an eyesore. Meanwhile, school system officials have agreed to lease the main building at Fonvielle Elementary.
11/11/09 The Escambia County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Escambia County Courthouse in room 109. The meeting is open to the public to those who wish to give input regarding existing projects and/or new projects that need to be addressed.
 11/03/09 Athens- Meet in the Murphy Gas Station parking area next to the Athens Wal-Mart at 7:30; Group leader will be driving a pearl-colored Pontiac G6 coupe; we will meet the Decatur group at the Mallard Village parking lot near I-65 exit 334 as described above.
10/21/09 Escambia County commissioners heard comments from a concerned Atmore area citizen Monday regarding the roadside spraying program being completed along county highways. | 
