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News Staff Report City of Atmore and Escambia County offices — excluding public safety agencies — will be closed the Friday preceding and the Monday following Christmas.Spokespersons for each entity said the respective offices, including all courtrooms, will be closed Friday, December 23, and Monday, December 26, to allow employees to spend more time with their families over the holiday weekend.Offices at Atmore City Hall will resume regular business hours…

Cecelia Levold, a 7th grader at ECMS, is joined by ECMS Principal Forrest Jones as she displays her winning entry. ECHS sophomore JaKayla Bullard, at left, is joined by Superintendent Michele McClung as she displays her winning entry. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer While public school students and teachers across the county prepared for a two-week Christmas break, Escambia County School System officials prepared to take advantage of empty…

Wooley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman, once a singer in her high school’s choir, was arrested December 7 after an investigation by city police confirmed allegations that her newborn child displayed signs of methamphetamine addiction when it was born not quite two months ago.Sheyanne Maeleigh Wooley, 22, remained in the Escambia County Detention Center early Tuesday, December 13, under a $10,000 bond. She is charged with one…

News Staff Report Atmore Fire Department’s annual Santa in a Firetruck will take place on four nights during the week of December 19-23.The firetruck-borne Santa will appear in the city’s southwest quadrant (south of Nashville Avenue, west of Main Street) on Monday, December 19, and will be in the southeastern quadrant (south of Nashville, east of Main) on Tuesday, December 20.He will not make an appearance on Wednesday, December 21,…

Santa always arrives in Atmore during the annual Christmas parade. This year, he sat atop the First National Bank & Trust sleigh. Santa was accompanied by Eli Strawbridge, son of FNB&T employee Megan Strawbridge. Click link below to view Christmas Parade photo gallery https://atmorenews.com/gallery/christmas-parade/tm_pg_album/christmas-parade/