Year: 2017

Atmore News

VFW Auxiliary holding peanut boil, supporting VetDogs
Atmore VFW Auxiliary is hosting a peanut boil Saturday, September 9, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the vacant lot next to the Diamond Shell Station at the corner of Highway 31 and Medical Park Drive. All proceeds will go into the Auxiliary’s general fund. Peanuts will be $5 quart, $15 gallon. VetDog Pins will also be available for sale for $5 with proceeds from VetDog pins going to that…
by Atmore News access_time9 years ago
PES students test engineering and team building skills
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Students in fourth and fifth grades at Perdido Elementary School tested their engineering and team building skills during the first week of school. The hands-on activities in both classes required students to work cooperatively to successfully complete the engineering task that was given to them. Fourth graders in Mrs. Paige Coleman’s science class were given the task to move a tennis ball, balanced on…
by Submitted Article access_time9 years ago
Tedders host benefit car show – Rain threat limits participation
In a contest determined by the votes of those who attend, anything can happen. And it did at the August 26 Tedders Auto Repair Car Show. The 2016 Storkcraft race car-shaped walker owned by Israel Tedder, 8-month-old granddaughter of event hosts Bubba and Cindy Tedder and daughter of Richey and Cassie Tedder, was chosen on more ballots than any of the 10 motorized entries and earned the event’s first-place trophy.…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 years ago
Mobile men arrested outside Holman
  Two 19-year-old Mobile men were arrested in Sunday’s predawn hours after they were discovered inside a vehicle parked near William C. Holman Correctional Facility, just outside Atmore. According to a press release issued by Alabama Department of Corrections officials, the two were taken into custody shortly after 2:30 a.m., after prison security personnel reported a suspicious vehicle parked near the prison. Authorities approached the vehicle and questioned the suspects,…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 years ago