Year: 2019

Sherry Digmon

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…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
AFD battles McRae, car fires
Dinner interrupted By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department personnel almost missed a good meal last Thursday, January 3, when separate blazes broke out at apartment complexes on opposite ends of the city just as firefighters were getting ready to join their volunteer peers for a catered dinner. The second alarm came in just as firemen were returning from the first fire-suppression effort. Three AFD fire engines and…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
POA buys hardware store
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Pride of Atmore, the group initially formed to restore the Strand Theatre and now the leading force behind the city’s downtown revitalization effort, recently accomplished one of its primary goals with the purchase of the building in which Atmore Hardware did business for decades. Details of the transaction were not readily available, but POA Executive Director Foster Kizer said this week that acquisition of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Auditions January 13 for GECA’s ‘Peter Rabbit’
A spokesman for Greater Escambia Council for the Arts announced Thursday that auditions for the local theater group’s upcoming presentation of “Peter Rabbit” will be held on Sunday, January 13. Tryouts will begin at 2 p.m. at the GECA theater, located at the corner of Trammell Street and West Nashville Avenue (US 31), between Gather and Bondurant Hardware. Anyone ages 6-18 is welcome to audition for a part in the…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Obituaries for the week of January 6,2019
Robert “R. L.” Morris    Mr. Robert “R.L.” Morris, age 83, of Orange Beach, Ala., passed away Friday, December 28, 2018. He was the son of John D. and Avie M. Morris of Bay Minette, Ala. He was a 1953 graduate of Baldwin County High School and a 1957 graduate of Auburn University where he earned a degree in Forestry. While at Auburn, he was a member of the Sigma Pi…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago