Atmore News

New arrivals at the library
Check out the new arrivals at Atmore Public Library. Patrons rate new arrivals Several patrons are sharing their opinions of new books they’ve read. Five stars is the top rating. Linda Williams: What Doesn’t Kill Her by Christiana Dodd 5 stars Patricia O’Farrell: Silent Night by Danielle Steel 5 stars Linda Williams: Wolf Pack by C.J. Box 4 stars Alice Hunter: The Boy by Tami Hoag 4 stars Debra Swartzendruber:…
Teens on tractors till ECHS garden
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Dr. Rodney Owens, a teacher at Escambia County High School and a chiropractor by license and degree, was teaching classroom courses more related to his field of expertise a year ago. Now he’s teaching teenagers how to drive and manipulate tractors. Owens, who now teaches Agri Science at ECHS, said he jumped at the chance when the school began looking for someone to take…
Escambia County Republican Party welcomes Wiggins
Special to Atmore News The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee recently welcomed a former Democrat elected official to the ALGOP: County Commissioner Raymond Wiggins. Escambia County GOP Chairman Jackie Gay made the following statement regarding Wiggins: “We look forward to working with Mr. Raymond Wiggins as we continue to advance conservative policies and principles. Mr. Wiggins is a man of integrity who displays professionalism in his office and is actively…
Gamma Omega celebrates Founders’ Day
Special to Atmore News The last meeting of the 2018-2019 school year of Gamma Omega Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was held Thursday night, April 11, at First Presbyterian Church. Following a buffet supper, members had cake and wished the chapter a happy 39th birthday. Chapter President Nancy Karrick began the Founders’ Day program by giving a history of the chapter which was actually formed in 1934…
Hope for the hopeless
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher That title seems contradictory, doesn’t it? But it isn’t. There are men and women in our society, in Alabama, in Atmore, who may have no hope until someone brings it to them inside prison walls. We Care Program does that – not only hope for this life but hope and assurance for the next life. Friday evening, April 12, almost 200 people gathered at the…