Month: September 2019

Atmore News

College officials tour CACC
Special to Atmore News Officials from the Alabama Community College System, including Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Economic Development Jeff Lynn, joined local elected officials, industry leaders and economic developers last week for a tour of Coastal Alabama Community College’s campuses in Atmore, Brewton and Monroeville. The three-campus tour was part of an effort to align the college’s technical programs with industry needs. In Atmore, the group met with representatives…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Transplant fundraiser for Weaver set
Special to Atmore News Nashville recording artist Ricky Crook and his Horseshoe Halo band will perform at a Saturday, September 14, benefit to help defray costs of an impending kidney transplant for a Poarch Creek Indians Tribal Police officer. The benefit, for Atmore resident Jeffrey Weaver, will take place at the Pow Wow Pavilion, 5811 Jack Springs Road, on the PCI reservation. The event will kick off at 11 a.m.…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Minor damage from Dollar General fire
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A burning belt on an air-conditioning unit caused a lot of excitement but did little damage to the Dollar General store on South Main Street last Friday, September 6. City police blocked off one lane of South Main as three fire engines, including Atmore Fire Department’s ladder truck, filled the store’s parking lot shortly after 7:30 a.m. Curious onlookers stood in the parking lot…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Council approves abatements
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council, sitting a member short, approved tax abatements for two industrial concerns and held the first reading of another proposed tax abatement. The council also continued a municipal beautification project by declaring 21 properties as grass and weed nuisances. The council voted 3-0, with District 5’s Chris Harrison abstaining, to grant an abatement to Alto Products on the purchase of “at least…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
RP students celebrate
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Rachel Patterson Elementary School went down in history last week when the school was selected one of 21 Alabama Bicentennial Schools of Excellence, based on the success of its Pandas for Pets partnership with the Atmore / PCI Animal Shelter. The presentation was made by Gov Kay Ivey Tuesday, September 3, in Montgomery with RP principal John Brantley, Escambia County Superintendent of Education John Knott,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago