Year: 2020

Atmore News

NHS gets big win over South Walton
By LIBBY PUGH News Sportswriter Seniors were the utmost priority this past Friday night, October 16. The Northview Chiefs started off the night by honoring the senior football players, cheerleaders, band, and NJROTC. Another victory was also in store for the Chiefs as they defeated the South Walton Seahawks with a score of 70 to 49. As the game began, the Chiefs received the ball first. The offense for the…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
FEMA’s Hurricane Sally response
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Most people in Alabama have heard of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Administration. Its name is a little misleading because emergencies by their nature aren’t so much managed as responded to, often after the fact. You can’t manage a tornado or an earthquake, for example, but you can and should respond to it. Hurricanes are facts of life down here and nearly every part of our…
by Submitted Article access_time4 years ago
Children’s Policy Council awarded grants
Eric Coale, left, and Karean Reynolds with grant checks Special to Atmore News The Escambia County Children’s Policy Council (CPC) announced this week that it has received grants totaling $105,000.00 to implement programs in the Atmore community. Karean L. Reynolds, the CPC’s executive director, said he submitted competing applications with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and Alabama Department of Abuse and Neglect to secure funding to address…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Road rage arrest
Boggan By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Brewton man was arrested October 11 after he allegedly fired several shots from a handgun at a Baldwin County woman’s car as she drove along Interstate 65 in Escambia County, just north of Atmore. Sheriff Heath Jackson reported last week that 44-year-old Robert E. Boggan Jr. was taken into custody in connection with the road rage incident. Boggan is charged with one…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Walk 2020
Women of Distinction held their annual Walk to the Park Saturday, October 17. The group and friends who joined them walk for people affected by cancer – the warriors, the survivors, the fallen. WOD helps area cancer victims with gas cards and other assistance. The Walk started at city hall and ended at Houston Avery Park. Shown are some of the participants in this year’s walk on Carver Avenue.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago