Atmore News

No report issued by ECHCA By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Healthcare Authority officials had not released by Tuesday’s press deadline its twice-weekly update on COVID-19’s presence within Escambia County. No reason was provided for the absence of the report. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health website, Escambia County has seen 1,653 cases — 1,376 confirmed and 277 “probable.” Over the past 14 days, 86 new…

Special to Atmore News Gather, a restaurant in Atmore, has been named the winner of the 2020 Bama’s Best Beef contest with its dish, the Train Wreck. The contest is sponsored by the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) and funded by the Alabama Beef Checkoff Program. Twin filets of beef paired with Nueske’s bacon, fried green tomatoes, pimento grits, Conecuh crab sauce and a fried egg, this plate is one that…

Storm’s path uncertain, but local agencies ready By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer No one is exactly sure when or where Hurricane Delta, which is expected to reach Category 4 strength by Wednesday morning (October 7), will make landfall in the U.S., but local emergency officials are preparing for the possibility it will follow the lead of Hurricane Sally. Sally came ashore at Gulf Shores on September 16 as a…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members and more than a dozen city citizens learned during the September 28 council meeting just how much it will cost taxpayers to bring a massive, state-of-the-art peanut processing plant to the city. City Attorney Larry Wettermark and Centerfire Economic CEO Jess Nicholas, who has been contracted by the Escambia County Industrial Development Authority to help bring businesses to the county,…