Year: 2020

Sherry Digmon

BOE adopts emergency resolution
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The Escambia County Board of Education met via video conference Monday, April 13, to approve a resolution suspending board policy due to the coronavirus pandemic. Schools are closed for the remainder of the school year. According to the resolution, the Escambia County Board of Education suspends any board policy or provision, identified by the Superintendent or his or her designee, as needed to implement written…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Honoring the Unique Class of 2020
This graduating class is like none other in history. The coronavirus has robbed them of some of the best memories of their lives. Next month, we’re publishing a special section that will become a keepsake for the Class of 2020. We’ll include senior portraits from Escambia Academy, Escambia County High School, J.U. Blacksher High School, Northview High School, and seniors in the Homeschool community. In addition, we’ll feature Valedictorians, and…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Some wind damage
Otherwise, storm passes quietly through Strong winds toppled a tree onto this Atmore home Sunday afternoon. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Stiff winds that reportedly reached gale force Sunday evening (April 12) felled cable and power lines, ripped limbs from trees and sent one giant oak crashing through the roof of an Atmore home. But as has been the case for more than a year, the violent weather system…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
City firemen return to work after precautionary quarantine
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Two Atmore firefighters returned to work Sunday after a two-day coronavirus quarantine that resulted from a mutual-aid medical call at a home just across the Florida line. The city firemen were among eight first responders dispatched April 7 to a Walnut Hill residence, where it was later determined that the patient died of a heart attack. Atmore firefighters are often requested at rural scenes…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
On the National Register
Foster Kizer, left, and Bub Gideons observe social distancing while displaying the plaque designating the Strand as a historic place. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer With the COVID-19 pandemic’s negative connotations hogging most of the news lately, local residents needed a shot of something positive and uplifting. That arrived last week, when the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that the Strand Theatre and adjoining Atmore Hardware Store building…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago