Month: September 2020

Atmore News

Atmore to benefit from DRA funds
Special to Atmore News Last week, the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) announced a $2,276,745 investment that will boost economic development and improve the quality of life for Alabama communities and residents. Atmore is one of 10 investment projects included in funding. As part of Project Nautilus, the City of Atmore will use DRA funds to construct a new rail spur and transload yard to serve the new peanut processing plant…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Senior complex coming
Shown is Cypress Trace in Bay Minette. Developers say Atmore Senior Village will be identical. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Officials of Florence, Alabama-based CRN Development confirmed this week that the company is in the process of constructing a 50-unit housing complex, just outside Atmore, for senior citizens. The “affordable senior adult multifamily” development, to be called Atmore Senior Village, is already under construction. It will be located on…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Obituaries, week of September 27, 2020
Murphy McGhee McGhee Mr. Murphy McGhee, age 70, passed away Monday, September 21, 2020 in Pensacola, Fla.  He was a native of Atmore, Ala. and spent most of his adult life in Pensacola (forty-five years) with his sister, Norma and had resided in Poarch, Ala. for a number of years. He was a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and attended the Atmore Apostolic Church. He was preceded…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Neighbors helping neighbors
Courtney Leslie, Kyle Hostetler, Griffin Stafford, Mike Stacey, Sam Reid, Pee Wee Powell, Eli Norton, Jerry Janes, and Jacob Reid Dr. Jonah McIntyre, left, and Courtney Leslie By ANNA GRACE JANES Special to Atmore News Isn’t it great to have neighbors? We hate seeing the damage hurricanes do, but it can bring out the best in people. Thursday morning, after Hurricane Sally hit, my neighbors Dr. Jonah McIntyre and Mike…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
ECHS 13, SMC 9
Blue Devils score first points, earn first win ECHS’s Willie Banks (3) fights through St. Michael defenders during Monday nights game. By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter After being benched last Friday by Hurricane Sally, Escambia County High’s football team stormed back to defeat St. Michael Catholic 13-9 in a game postponed last Friday due to Hurricane Sally and played instead on Monday night, September 21. The win was ECHS’s first…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago