Year: 2019

For more than 25 years, BMX Bike teams have performed at thousands of schools to help celebrate Red Ribbon Week, an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October. The team was at local schools last week, including Escambia County Middle School, where Pro BMX rider Tyler Sparr jumped over Escambia Middle School teachers, from left, Marsha Wilson, Leviticus Wilson, Marcia Adams, and Amanda…

Special to Atmore News Escambia County Middle School was accepted into Kinsa’s FLUency program for the 2019/2020 flu season. ECMS school nurse Alice Stewart, RN, worked over the summer to get the school accepted in to the Kinsa FLUency program. ECMS is the only school in Escambia County selected to be a part of this amazing program. Kinsa’s FLUency program is a school health initiative that enables schools and parents…

The latest Little Library erected in Atmore is truly unique. The library, located at Heritage Park, is a tribute to Atmore by artist Andrea Windham Guy. Shown at the ribbon cutting Thursday, October 24, are, from left, Shapard Marks, Hope Lassiter, Brandy Giger, Emilee Waters, Andrea Guy, Jordan Barnett, Ruthie Stephens, Shawn Rounsavall, Emily Wilson.