Month: January 2019

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Chamber gala, meeting set
Nominations being accepted for awards By EMILY WILSON Special to Atmore News The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce 73rd Annual Meeting and Chamber Gala is set for Friday, February 8th. This year the Chamber is thrilled to share some exciting changes to the annual meeting of years past. 2018 brought tremendous growth not only to the Atmore business community but to the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce as well. In…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
Rosa Parks breakfast set
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer Each year, Rosa Parks’ legacy as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement is honored with a prayer breakfast on a date near her birth date. This year, Lillie Johnson and her group will host the 13th annual event Saturday, February 2, 9 a.m., in the Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall. Everyone age 15 and older is invited to attend this…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Frye joins News staff
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer Josh Frye joined the Atmore News staff Monday, January 21. Frye brings a wealth of interests and experience to the paper. A graduate of Escambia County High School, he studied Military History, Underwater Archaeology, Film at the University of West Florida; history at Faulkner Community College; and attended fire college. He has worked at Strata Productions Film Company, as an assistant archivist at Baldwin…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
MLK Prayer Breakfast
Stallworth, Peterson presented awards By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer About 30 people attended this year’s Unity Prayer Breakfast, part of the local commemoration of the birthday of Civil Rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event, held January 19 at Atmore Community Hospital’s Mayson Auditorium, featured a hearty breakfast, a series of themed prayers from local and area ministers, and the presentation of two community service awards. Atmore…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Jackson: ‘Not an 8-4 sheriff’
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Newly sworn Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson says he will bring loads of new ideas with him as he begins his administration of county law enforcement. And while he has already made a few minor changes, he is content to pretty much leave things as they are, at least for now, with one big exception. “I’m not an eight-to-four sheriff; I like to work,”…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago