Year: 2020

Sherry Digmon

Honoring Rosa Parks
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The house was packed … but it always is. About 150 people gathered Saturday morning, February 1, for the 14th Annual Rosa Parks Breakfast at Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. Lillie Johnson and her fellow members of the Yellow Hat Society presented the breakfast and program to honor the woman known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. While the gathering is a…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
UB offers free tax preparation, assistance
Special to Atmore News United Bank will serve as a partner organization with the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to provide certified volunteers to offer free tax assistance for those with low-to-moderate incomes, generally 2019 income totals of $56,000 or less. Through March 31, VITA drop off sites will be located at Bay Minette Courthouse Square, Frisco City, Foley and Atmore branches, along with traditional VITA…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
McGinty named to Troy University Provost’s List
Kamryn McGinty of Pensacola and Walnut Hill has been named to the Provost’s List at Troy University for the Fall Semester / Term 2 of the 2019/2020 academic year. The Provost’s List honors full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who have a grade point average of at least 3.65. The Fall Semester includes students at the Troy, Ala., campus. Term 2 includes students…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Perdido students participate in GeoBee
Special to Atmore News Students from Perdido School participated in the school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee Friday January 31. Kam Drinkard, a seventh-grade student, won first place, with Emma Etheridge, a fourth-grade student winning second place. The school competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students’ curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Coaches needed
Cal Ripken baseball registration underway By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Signups for Atmore Cal Ripken Youth Baseball are now in full swing. Registration will run through February 29 and includes Majors Division (11 to 12 years old), Minors Division (9 to10), Machine Pitch (7 to 8) and T-Ball (4 to 6). Registration is $40 per player for all divisions, and interested players and parents can sign up their child Monday…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago