Day: February 17, 2021

Atmore News

RP pre-K registration open
Alabama’s voluntary pre-K program – First Class Pre-K – is accepting applications through March 15 for classes at Rachel Patterson Elementary School. Enrollment is open to all children four years of age on or before 9/1/21 who are residents of Alabama and the Escambia County School Zone. Enrollees must provide a copy of the child’s birth certificate and proof of residence – either a current utility bill or copy of…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
More than 1,700 locals vaccinated
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Healthcare Authority officials reported this week that more than 1,700 people have been administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination at the county health department and the county’s two hospitals, with almost 600 individuals having received both doses. An ECHCA spokesman said that through last Friday, February 12, that “approximately 1,290” first-dose inoculations had been administered at Atmore Community Hospital, along…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Dollar General meet-greet in Walnut Hill
From left, Buckley Davis chats with Patty Helton Davis and Brett Ward prior to the meeting. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although there are still several hoops to jump through and miles of red tape standing in the way, residents of Walnut Hill heard last week from the developer who plans to build a Dollar General store in the rural Florida Panhandle community. Buckley Davis of Thomasville, Ga.-based Teramore…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Gov. signs lease for new prison here
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently signed leases for two of the state’s new, privately owned “mega prison” complexes, including the one to be built in Atmore, but details on when actual construction of the new correctional facility will begin are few and far between. The new prisons are the major component of Ivey’s Alabama Prison Program, which aims to decommission many of the state’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago