Atmore News

ACS fund-raiser
The folks at Atmore Christian School held a fish fry fund-raiser Friday, October 18. From all indications, it was wildly successful, raising several thousand dollars for the school. Students also pitched in to help. Shown are a few of the students on hand, from left, Shanivia Thomas, Helen Weber, Ann-Elise Classen, Emily Womack, and Kylie Kennell.
The Teal Pumpkin Project
Special to Atmore News The Teal Pumpkin Project is a movement to raise awareness of food allergies and to create a safer, more inclusive Halloween for all trick-or-treaters on Halloween. By putting a teal pumpkin on your doorstep, you let kids know that your house is food allergy friendly. The goal of the #TealPumpkinProject is not to exclude candy from the Halloween tradition. The goal is simply to ensure that…
Revival set at Semirah Springs FWB Church
Semirah Springs Free Will Baptist Church is holding a revival Sunday, November 3, through Wednesday, November 6. Sunday night’s service is at 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, at 7 p.m. Evangelist each night is Brother Tim Riggs, pastor of Bayside Free Will Baptist Church, Semmes, Ala. Semirah Springs Pastor Clifton Buchannan and congregation invite all to attend. Directions Traveling County Road 59 South from Uriah turn left onto County Road…
City council meets
Brownfields workshop Nov. 12 By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members authorized the city’s engineering firm to apply for state road and street funds, approved the municipal observation of Veterans Day and learned of a workshop designed to explain the mitigation of several sites on which hazardous materials have seeped into the ground. The first order of business for the council during the Monday, October 28, meeting…
3-county chase
High-speed pursuit ends at I-65 exit in Atmore By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Mobile woman and man, both well-known to law enforcement in southern Alabama, remained in Mobile Metro Jail Tuesday (October 29) after having the previous evening led officers from several agencies on a high-speed chase that started in Mobile and came to an end in Atmore. Detective Jonathan Forister of the Prichard Police Department said Tuesday…