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Atmore native Greg Turberville to deliver Monday’s Memorial Day address Turberville By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Memorial Day, the day set aside each year for remembrance and commemoration of the men and women who have given their lives in service to the nation, has become America’s forgotten holiday. And at least one local veteran isn’t happy about it.The local memorial gathering, co-sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7016 and…

Mitchell News Staff Report Tragedy struck the Flomaton community again on Sunday, May 23, when an ATV crash claimed the life of a Flomaton Elementary School student who had just finished the sixth grade.Authorities say Logan Mitchell, 12, son of Lacinda Mitchell and Luke Mitchell, was fatally injured in the crash, which occurred on private property in the Upper Creek Road community, about a half mile from U.S. 31.Logan was…

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The Escambia County Board of Education has begun the search for a superintendent in the wake of John Knott’s announcement that he will retire as superintendent July 31. The board voted at the May 13 meeting to enter into an agreement with Alabama Association of School Boards (AASB) to provide services in support of the search for a new superintendent. AASB provides three levels of…

News Staff Report The grocery giveaway, jointly sponsored by Pensacola Caring Hearts and the City of Atmore and originally announced as taking place on Saturday, will actually be held this Friday, May 21.The food distribution is set to begin at 10 a.m. in Houston Avery Park, located at 200 Park Drive. It is open to anyone, although its specified purpose is to help families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.For more…

Danny Fox Armstrong By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer [Atmore News was contacted by the victim’s family and asked to find answers for them if we could.] The siblings of an Atmore man, whose body was found in the yard of his Ewing Drive home in November 2016, are having a difficult time coming to grips with the decision by prosecutors to reduce the charges against the man accused of killing…