Day: September 9, 2020

The team, from left, Courtney Bennett, Randy Wilson, Niki Bryan, Mary Helmer, Jay Schlinsog. By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Interest in Main Street Atmore is high as evidenced by the attendance at the public Main Street Alabama resource team meeting Thursday, September 3. More than 70 people – mostly distanced and masked – met in the city hall auditorium to hear possible revitalization plans for Atmore. Those plans were met…

Only 28 new cases in county since last Friday By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Local health officials and local residents are keeping their fingers crossed that the rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases will continue to decline. Although the report issued at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 8, by Escambia County Healthcare Authority showed that Alabama experienced 3,688 new cases over the past four days, only 28 of those were in…

City’s first black female council member ready to work on improving city Johnson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Eunice Johnson had until recently never been directly involved in politics. But, the newly elected District 3 Atmore City Council member said, four years of prayer convinced her that she could make a difference, for her district and for the city. “I’ve been praying about this for four years, and I…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced last week that one of three privately built “mega prisons” will be located in Escambia County. The other two will be built in Bibb and Elmore counties. According to a press release, the new 3,000-bed facility will be located on a site “near Bell Fork Road in Escambia County.” But Atmore Mayor Jim Staff said last week the massive…