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McCoy to direct TKAM play
By MIKE QUALLS Special to Atmore News Participants in this year’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird will work with a familiar face. Officials of The Mockingbird Company announced earlier this week that Kathy McCoy, former executive director of the Monroe County Heritage Museum, will direct the play this year. She served as the play’s director for many years before accepting the position of executive director and artistic director of…
MLK Day events planned
News Staff Report In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2019, several events are planned by Concerned Citizens of Atmore, along with other organizations and businesses. The theme is “Unity Keeps the Dream Alive.” The national theme is “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On … Not A Day Off.” Prayer breakfast Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Unity Prayer Breakfast will be held Saturday, January 19, 8:30 a.m.…
GECA sets auditions
News Staff Report The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is holding auditions for the upcoming children / youth production – Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. If you are ages 6 to 18 and want to try out, come to the theater Sunday, January 13, at 2 p.m. The theater is located at the corner of Nashville and Trammell. This is not a musical so you do not need to prepare.
EA, ECHS players make All-State
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia Academy’s state runner-up gridiron squad continued a school tradition, and Escambia County High’s team brought a slight revival of a similar tradition at its school, as five Cougars and two Blue Devils were recently named to the 2018 Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State football teams. The Cougars, who have won or played for an Alabama Independent School Association title in four of the…
School data released
State, county and individual schools By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer The news was good and bad. When Alabama Department of Education report card data was released last week, local schools did better than last year, but the overall grade for the system is still a C. That’s due in part to falling grades in two schools on the other end of the county. Accountability indicators Grades are based on…