Atmore News

Mt. Pisgah holding Harvest Day, revival
Pastor Dr. M.L. Wilson Sr. and congregation of Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church invite all to worship with them as they celebrate their annual Harvest Day and Revival. The Harvest Day service is Sunday, October 15, at 3 p.m., with special guests the Rev. Fischer Walker and Antioch #3 Missionary Baptist Church of Monroeville. Revival services will be held Monday through Friday, October 16-20, 7:30 p.m. nightly. The Rev. Gary…
New Beginnings Ministry hosting the Tripps
New Beginnings Ministry will host LaVerne and Edith Tripp this Sunday. LaVerne made his first public singing debut at the age of 2½ and he hasn’t stopped. After singing solo and with several local groups, LaVerne joined the world-famous Blue Ridge Quartet in 1969. During this period of LaVerne’s career, he wrote and recorded three consecutive number-one songs: I Know, That Day Is Almost Here and After Calvary. For seven years…
First loss for Blacksher
By KATIE WIGGINS News Sports Writer The J.U. Blacksher Bulldogs took their first loss of the regular season in an area game against the St. Luke’s Wildcats. The final score was 21-56, Wildcats. The offensive captains for the night were seniors Dillan Baldwin and Cooper Dean. The defensive captain for the night was eighth-grader Jadaniel Nettles. Blacksher struggled to get anything going on offense or defense for most of the…
NHS Chiefs fall to Jay Royals
By LEXXI BAGGETT News Sports Writer With each week’s defeat, it is getting harder and harder to come up with reasons why the Northview Chiefs are ending up short of winning. What do you say when only a few years ago, the Chiefs reigned as the Florida State 1A Champions? What has and is happening to a program that prided itself on skills and domination, so much so that other…
Tax reform will grow our economy
By Congressman Bradley Byrne Last week, the House took a big step toward long overdue tax reform when we passed our budget for Fiscal Year 2018. The budget is important because it opens up the process by which we can bypass a Democrat filibuster and pass tax reform with 51 votes in the Senate. If you read last week’s column, you know that the unified Republican tax plan will benefit…