Category: Community

The HIPPY Escambia / GoodwillGC End of Year Celebration on May 20 was a great success. Thanks to the Atmore Fire Department being there with their trucks, Atmore Public Library for the sno cones and the Schrocks for the train rides. HIPPY participants are shown, from left, first row, Emily Neighbors, Easton Allen, Emmett Wallace, Ares Purl, Teagan Smith, team leader Vicki Bishop, Easton Boone, Jace Boone, Mya Kitts, Zion…

Check out the new arrivals at Atmore Public Library. Patrons rate new arrivalsSeveral patrons are sharing their opinions of the new books they’ve read. Five stars is the top rating. Linda Ellison: Beautiful by Danielle Steel  5 stars Dorothy McGhee: The Baxters–The Prequel by Karen Kingsbury  5 stars Andrea Young: Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson  5 stars Shelia Trawick: Threads of Hope by Leslie Gould  4 stars Milton Adams:…

The Battlefield Cross From left, Billy Gates, Paul Harrison, Gene Moore, Dave Graham, Jack Wright, Rodger Presley, Harold Madison By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher VFW Post 7016 and American Legion Post 90 presented their joint Memorial Day observance Monday morning at the Veterans Monument in front of Atmore City Hall.Commanders Billy Gates, VFW, and Dave Graham, AML, welcomed all.Guest speaker was VA Representative Gene Moore, graduate of Escambia County High School…

The Rachel Patterson Elementary School Star Students for May are, from left, first row, Fettler Harris, DeMonte Williams, Ki’Yon Peoples, Maya Garner, Ian Walker, Ayre’Yanna Albert; middle, Tahlia Lee, Dakota Fountain, Jaeon Williams, Malayshia Packer, Keland Holland, Londyn Stephens; back, Ayden Lowe, Johnathan Campbell, Ja’Nasia Fountain, Trinity Washington, Teaya McMillian, Lillyann Warren. Not pictured: Damari Barnes, Kinsley Norwood, Alayna Bell, Jailynn Frye, Melvin Gibbs, Maison Curry, Bentley Anderson.

Kimberly North of Atmore has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Winter 2022 Dean’s List.Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 are named to the Dean’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in the fall or spring semester, and online students must earn 12 credits over two consecutive terms.Southern New Hampshire University…