Atmore News

Sims leads Cougars to 35-6 win over Wilcox
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Landon Sims threw for more than 200 yards and kicked five extra points to help lead Escambia Academy past Wilcox Academy, 35-6, last Friday, September 11. The win was the second region victory for the Cougars as they advance to 3-1 for the season and 2-0 in region play. The Cougars took a 7-0 lead after scoring on a long pass from Sims to Daughtry…
BOE sets homecoming, approves personnel
News Staff Report The county’s two public high schools will celebrate homecoming in the next few weeks. At the Escambia County Board of Education meeting Monday, September 14, Superintendent John Knott announced the dates as follows: Escambia County High School, Friday, September 25; W.S. Neal High School, Friday, October 2. The board approved the following personnel changes on Knott’s recommendation. Resignation 1. Teresa Nipper, cosmetology instructor, Escambia County High School,…
Some good news
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman [Released September 8] So often we only hear bad news from the national media, and the good news we do hear is either downplayed, obscured, or put in a less positive context. That has been particularly true since the media seized on COVID-19, the economic effect of the response to it, and this summer’s urban rioting as the “news” they needed to hurt President Trump politically.…
ACH announces new clinic name
Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announces that ACH Complete Care will be the name of their new primary care physician clinic in Atmore. Ashley Strawbridge, Atmore Hospital Patient Safety and Employee Health Manager, was selected as the Name the Clinic winner. She will receive a $100 gift card. The new primary care clinic is still tentatively set to open in December 2020 and will feature a new…