Year: 2020

Atmore News

A horse parade at ANC
The administration and staff at Atmore Nursing Center are always looking for new ways to engage and entertain their residents – an especially hard task since the facility hasn’t had any visitors since the lockdown began. Someone came up with the idea to have a horse parade and made the proper contacts, so Friday, May 1, riders (on horseback and in wagons) came by the front of the facility –…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
A different National Day of Prayer
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher In a normal world, dozens of area residents would gather Thursday evening, May 7, in the Escambia County High School gym. Most would have their Bibles in their hand, some would have electronic devices. And most would have a Scripture note or have a passage marked in their Bible. And another National Day of Prayer would be held in Atmore. But this is not a…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
In coronavirus fight, Alabama has benefited from federal action
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Closing down the American economy has a real and enormous effect on the lives of countless Americans. Layoffs and job losses are devastating for individuals, families, and communities. In good times, it generally takes three to six months for someone to find a job after a layoff. Of course, these are not good times. Moreover, closures and layoffs go deeper than this. Large unemployment numbers can…
by Submitted Article access_time5 years ago
PCI buys new Bloodmobile for Red Cross
Special to Atmore News Porch Band of Creek Indians has made its second major donation within a month that is geared to saving local and area lives. Officials of Alabama’s only federally recognized Native American tribe, which recently donated $1 million to Atmore Community Hospital to help with the COVID-19 pandemic, have now announced the purchase of a new Bloodmobile for the American Red Cross. “The American Red Cross is…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Total loss
A track hoe belonging to Lamb’s Dozier Service was gutted April 29 when a fire erupted in its engine compartment. City firefighters were sent at 11:22 a.m. to a location on McRae Street, just outside the city limits, where the construction equipment was ablaze. Because fire engines were subject to bog down in the damp field, the department’s brush truck was used to extinguish the blaze. The track hoe was…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago