Day: January 16, 2019

Atmore News

Atmore friends meet at Alabama-Clemson game
Former Atmore residents Scottie Rodgers and Woody McCorvey Jr. ran into each other at the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship Game Media Day festivities in San Jose, Calif. Rodgers is Associate Commissioner, Strategic Communications at the Sun Belt Conference office in New Orleans, and McCorvey is Associate Director of Athletics for Football Administration at Clemson.
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Coale appointed District Judge
News Staff Report Brewton resident Eric Coale was recently appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to the Escambia County District Court judgeship. A series of events that began with the announcement by venerable Judge Bert Rice that he would not seek another term led to the fulfillment by Coale of a goal he set more than two years ago. After two years in office, Judge Jeff White, who won the 2016…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
MLK events
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Sandra Gray, president of Concerned Citizens of Atmore, announced during the January 14 Atmore City Council meeting the route for this year’s Martin Luther King Day parade and the scheduling of other events in honor of the iconic Civil Rights leader, who was assassinated in 1968. The memorial events will begin with the MLK Prayer Breakfast, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Swinney’s speech a tribute to McCorvey
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer When Dabo Swinney accepted the National Sports Media Association’s Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year award last week, his acceptance speech was not the standard fare of such events. Instead of extolling the virtues of his team and its accomplishments (The Tigers became the first-ever collegiate team to post a 15-0 season with their win over Alabama in the National Championship contest), Swinney…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
$600K paving project set
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members awarded during their January 14 meeting the engineering bid for a massive, city-wide street paving project that will put new surfaces on parts of eight streets. According to documents provided by City Clerk Becca Smith, the total projected cost of the project, including $17,500 for “mobilization and traffic control,” is $645,734. The list of streets scheduled for new surfaces includes…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago