Day: June 10, 2020

Atmore News

Mayfest still on, tournament cancelled
News Staff Report Mayfest was set for May 2, but the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce had to change plans due to coronavirus guidelines. On May 8, the Chamber set the dates for this year’s festival for July 31 and August 1 with the annual softball tournament held both days and the festival on Saturday, August 1. However, last week, the Chamber issued a statement saying the tournament has to…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Donate blood, get antibody testing
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher If you donate blood with LifeSouth blood services, you’ll automatically be tested for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019). Antibodies are proteins that are made in response to foreign substances, or antigens, in your body. Once formed, these antibodies can recognize the foreign substance and help the immune response that fights off diseases. This is not a diagnostic test…
by Sherry Digmon access_time4 years ago
Area agency awarded $1.24 million grant
News Staff Report Community Action Agency of South Alabama will receive $1.24 million as part of Community Services Block Grants awarded by Gov. Kay Ivey. The agency serves Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo, Monroe, and Wilcox counties. Gov. Ivey awarded more than $17 million to provide relief for Alabamians who faced unemployment and economic difficulties as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Community Services Block Grants will be distributed…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
The long wait is over …maybe
I remember the afternoon when the world stopped due to the Covid-19 virus. That afternoon was spent covering a baseball game at Escambia Academy, and, like everyone else, I was excited to see the kids, especially the senior players in action for their last baseball season. Anticipation of who would make the playoffs was killing me, just as it was most everyone. Then, with the drop of a hat, the…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago
Local football teams resume summer practice schedules
ECHS head coach Scott Mason checks the temperature of player JaTerious Kyles as local area teams return to summer practice Monday. By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter All high school football teams in the Atmore News coverage area, with the exception of Northview, returned to fieldhouses Monday, June 8, to begin summer practice schedules. Since school functions and sports were first cancelled at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the future…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago