Atmore News

Atmore Lions host cabinet meeting
By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News Due to flooding in the facility in Evergreen, Atmore Lions received a last minute call requesting that they fill in as hosts for the 34C Cabinet Meeting.Saturday, July 17, Atmore Lions welcomed over 30 Lions to Bethel United Methodist Church for their first cabinet meeting of the new Lions Club year. The meeting was also available on Zoom for members who could not make…
Grant cycle now open through CFSA
Special to Atmore News The Community Foundation of South Alabama (CFSA) has opened the 2022 Closing the Opportunity Gap competitive grant cycle. Organizations in the CFSA’s eight-county footprint are invited to apply online. These counties include Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington. Invitation to submit a formal proposal was made available at www.communityfoundationsa.org on July 11, 2022 and must be submitted by August 22, 2022.In 2016, CFSA…
School supply, toy giveaway set
Special to Atmore News The Concerned Citizens of Atmore is hosting a back-to-school supply and toy giveaway.The Toys for Tots COVID-19 Relief toy giveaway is Saturday, August 27, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Emmanuel’s Faith Center, 710 E. Ridgeley Street, Atmore.The Concerned Citizens partnered with Toys for Tots, Good360 and Rehovot Distribution Center of Mobile.Toys, books, games, and school supplies will be given out to approximately 200 children…
Sales tax holiday this weekend
News Staff Report Alabama’s 17th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. this Friday, July 15, and ends at midnight Sunday, July 17.Shoppers will again have the opportunity to purchase most school supplies, computers, books and clothing free of state sales or use taxes, and in many cases, free of municipal or county sales taxes.According to the Alabama Department of Revenue website, businesses in Atmore will participate in…
Attempted murder suspect, 75, extradited from Fla.
Sanders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An elderly Atmore man, held in the Escambia County (Fla,) Jail since February 2021 for trying to run down several law enforcement officers with his car, has been extradited to Alabama to face charges here.The Escambia County Detention Center website shows that 75-year-old Lem Roy Sanders, who is said to suffer from an undisclosed mental illness, was processed into the facility July 8 on…