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To say Pride of Atmore Myrna’s Salad Luncheon was a huge success is quite the understatement. While we don’t have an official count, Pride members estimated more than 400 people (as many as 450) came for lunch at the newly renovated Encore Monday, July 24. At the beginning of the event, Myrna Monroe was greeted with a standing ovation and applause as she entered the room. Pride member Bub Gideons…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council, in a brief July 24 session, approved an alcoholic beverages license for a business that will be opening soon and gave the green light to the transfer of the licenses for the three remaining local stores involved in the recent Diamond Foods divestiture of 20 gasoline station-convenience stores across Southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida.The new license was approved for Grizzly Pizza LLC,…

Cutting the cake, Rodger Presley, left, and Jack Wright News Staff Report Members and guests of Billy Glenn Rushing American Legion Post 90 celebrated the Post’s 100th anniversary Tuesday, July 18. The Post actually turned 100 in February.Post members Rodger Presley and Jack Wright did the honors of cutting the anniversary cake. They have the longest membership in the Post, representing 110 years between them – Presley, 45 years, and…

Resident escapes unharmed A firefighter prepares to enter the home for a final check around 6:30 a.m. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local woman escaped without injury while city firefighters spent more than two hours fighting a predawn fire that destroyed the woman’s Peachtree Street home Monday morning, July 17.Atmore Fire Department reports show the first wave of city firefighters was dispatched at 4:52 a.m. They arrived five minutes…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Stores in Atmore and each of the surrounding taxing entities (with the possible exception of one) will apparently take part in Alabama’s 18th annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, which will be observed across the state starting at 12:01 a.m. this Friday, July 21, and continuing through midnight Sunday, July 23.According to the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADR) website, officials in Atmore, Brewton, East Brewton and…