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Ann Gordon Mal McGhee By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Ann Gordon and Mal McGhee of Atmore recently joined an elite group of people – the Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. They were inducted Sunday, August 21, in Montgomery.Both were nominated by Charlotte Boyle who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.Only 10 people are inducted each year, and to have two from one town is likely a rarity.…

Booth By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Jeff Booth, who had served as chief executive officer of the Escambia County Health Care Authority since May of 2021, was arrested twice in less than 12 hours over the past weekend. The arrests came less than two days after Booth had tendered his resignation.ECHCA Chair Debbie Rowell said Monday, August 29, that she received an emailed resignation letter from Booth around 3 a.m.…

The pizza restaurant made its announcement through this sign By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although exact plans are not known yet, a sign posted on the side of the former Church’s Fried Chicken building indicates that Papa John’s International will open a pizzeria on the site in the relatively near future.The sign, placed on the Southfield window of the former chicken establishment, proclaims that the pizza restaurant is “coming soon.”…

Atmore man rams APD unit, pursued Ivy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center this week, held under $250,000 bond on an attempted murder charge, after leading Atmore police, Baldwin County deputies and Alabama state troopers on a high-speed chase during which he rammed an unmarked Atmore Police Department vehicle.According to a press release issued August 16, the day of the incident,…

By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher In an article in the August 17 edition of Atmore News (ACH ranks high, page 1A), a couple of errors were published that need to be corrected.We cited Atmore Community Hospital administration as saying that ACH achieved a Four-Star Ranking from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – and that ACH is the only hospital in lower Alabama and most of the Florida panhandle…