Atmore News

ACH announces new clinic name
Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announces that ACH Complete Care will be the name of their new primary care physician clinic in Atmore. Ashley Strawbridge, Atmore Hospital Patient Safety and Employee Health Manager, was selected as the Name the Clinic winner. She will receive a $100 gift card. The new primary care clinic is still tentatively set to open in December 2020 and will feature a new…
Atmore man charged with attempted murder in Friday shooting
An Atmore man was arrested today (Saturday, Sept. 12) in connection with a shooting that took place here Friday afternoon. Amirr Raheem English, 21, is charged with attempted murder in the incident. He was processed at 1:25 p.m. today into the Escambia County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond until a bond hearing can be arranged. According to a press release issued Saturday by Atmore Police Chief…
Obituaries, week of September 13, 2020
Margaret Ann “Cricket” Brown Brown Ms. Margaret Ann “Cricket” Brown, age 64, of Poarch, Ala., passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 in Pensacola, Fla.  She was born in Century, Fla. She lived most of her life in Bratt, Fla. and was a member of Bratt Assembly of God Church.  She loved her family and was an avid fan of New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Braves baseball.  She was preceded in death…
Lions ‘attend’ leadership conference
Special to Atmore News Alabama Lions offered its members a chance to attend a Virtual Leadership Conference on August 8 and 22 for three hours each day. This virtual version replaced the cancelled Alabama Lions Leadership Conference. The first day, which was attended by Atmore Lions Renee Hardy, Mandie Thompson, Bub Gideons, and Nancy Karrick, covered the topics of Rejuvenating Districts with New Clubs, Revitalizing Clubs with New Members, and…
Anna Weber celebrates 96th birthday
Anna Weber and her children at the birthday celebration, from left, Joyce Suter, Velma Schrock, Mrs. Weber, Mary Jane Schrock, Jim Weber On Sunday, September 6, family and friends of Anna Weber celebrated her 96th birthday. Mrs. Weber was born in 1924 in Lebanon County, Penn. In 1962, Mrs. Weber, along with her husband Martin and seven children, moved from a dairy farm in Lancaster County, Penn., to the Atmore…