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Unity honors ECHS basketball team
Players, coaches, and guests, from left, front, Stephen Williams, Hakeem Johnson, Deborah Thomas, Amy Cabaniss, Leslie Sellers, Shawn Lassiter, Jim Staff; back, Willie Knight, Devin Robinson, Anthony McCants, LaCarlos Thomas, Quentin Higgins. Players, coaches and pastor, from left, front, Quentin Higgins, Hakeem Johnson, Willie Knight, Pastor Josh Long, Layton Knight; back, Anthony McCants, LaCarlos Thomas. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Pastor Josh Long and the congregation at Unity Baptist Church deviated…
by Sherry Digmon access_time2 years ago
COVID relief grants for volunteer fire departments
Special to Atmore News The State of Alabama is offering grants up to $10,320 for volunteer fire departments that meet eligibility requirements. Total approved disbursements will be awarded to eligible applicants. The Alabama Volunteer Fire Department Grants are to support volunteer fire departments that have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The application process for this grant program is being administered by the Alabama Department of Finance. The application…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Gun raffle, yard sale for Grant family
The Grant family, from left, Ali, Emma Kate, Bryson, Gracelynn, Jodie, Brian. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Friends of an Atmore family, of which four members were injured in a violent January car crash that claimed the life of a Flomaton man, are raising money to help the family make a dent in the ongoing medical bills and other expenses related to the wreck.Brian Grant and his three daughters —…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Obituaries, week of March 16, 2022
Charles Edward (Edd) Rowell Mr. Charles Edward (Edd) Rowell, age 76, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at his home in Atmore, Ala. He retired as a dispatcher with Avondale Containers Trucking Company with many years of employment. He was a veteran in the United States Army in the Korean War. He was a member of VFW and American Legion in Mobile, Ala. He loved to shoot pool. He was…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
The Boys of the Summer of ’61: Where Are They Now?
by BONNIE BARTEL LATINO TODD RODGERS was selected as a first baseman for the ‘61 All Stars, who went to the 1961 Sr. Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn. Like many of his teammates, his most vivid memory of their trip was making it to the top of the Washington Monument. However, of his visit to D.C. he also remembers  “ … going to the US Treasury Building and seeing the money printed.” Surprisingly, he was the only All…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago