Month: May 2020

Lassiter Note: The following announcement was submitted by the candidate. Shawn Lassiter announced his candidacy for the District 4 seat of the Atmore City Council on Monday. I am the son of the late Billy and Faye Lassiter, and have lived in Atmore for 49 years. Thirty of those years has been in District 4. I have been married to Hope for 24 years, and we have two children, Natalie…

Shops, stores reopen doors By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer As the COVID-19 pandemic curve continued this week to flatten and even head downward, a semblance of normalcy has begun to return as Atmore’s economic community struggles to reassert itself. Emily Wilson, executive director for Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce, said the city’s shops and stores, especially those in the downtown area, have begun to show signs of life again,…

News Staff Report As guidelines and restrictions have changed, so have plans for the Class of 2020 graduation. Last week, principals of the county’s three public high schools had a plan in place, but that was changed when the Escambia County Board of Education met Thursday, May 14. The new plan, which follows the parameters of Gov. Kay Ivey’s Stay-at-Home Order and is based on guidance from the Alabama State…

News Staff Report In a typical year, dozens of folks would gather Memorial Day at the Veterans Monument at City Hall and honor those who have passed away in service to their country. This Memorial Day, observed next Monday, May 25, there will be no gathering and no ceremony due to the coronavirus epidemic. Atmore VFW Post 7016 Commander Billy Gates issued the following statement last week: “The VFW has…

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Only five years ago, the Escambia County High School senior class broke the $1 million mark in scholarships for the first time. Each year, the class has topped the total of the previous year’s class. The Class of 2020 didn’t just break all previous records – they shattered them with more than $15 million scholarship offers, almost double last year’s amount. In a normal year,…