Day: August 4, 2021

Atmore News

GECA tickets available online, in person
News Staff Report There has been some confusion about purchasing tickets for the upcoming “The Sound of Music” to be presented by the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts.Unlike in the past, tickets will be available only online at www.gecarts.org or by visiting the box office Monday, August 9, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. when tickets may be purchased in person.GECA is limited on the number of people in…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Food giveaway here Aug. 19
Special to Atmore News Pensacola Caring Hearts Inc. will present its third Atmore food giveaway on Thursday, August 19. The event, which is open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., off Hodnette Drive in Tom Byrne Park. It will reportedly continue until all the free food is distributed.Atmore City Councilwoman Eunice Johnson said the Pensacola organization gave away “about 6,000 pounds” of food at its last…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Litterbugs be warned!
This photo, from Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson’s Facebook page, shows the amount of litter removed recently from county roadsides by eight work-release inmates in less than eight hours. “How hard is it to use a trash can? We should be ashamed of ourselves,” wrote Jackson, who warned that, “If (ECSO officers) catch you throwing trash out of your window, I will be asking the judge to assign you to…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
ECSO helps man reach home
By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer Local law enforcement officials, responding to a report of a possible burglary in progress around 8:45 a.m., found instead a vagrant who was simply searching for food and water as he attempted to make his way back to north Alabama.The incident occurred last Wednesday (July 28) in the area of Ima Lane and Bell Fork Road, just off Alabama 21 North, in Atmore’s police jurisdiction.…
by Josh Frye access_time3 years ago
ASAP-to-Medstar ambulance transition expected Sept. 1
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The finer points of an agreement between county healthcare officials and a Summerdale-headquartered emergency medical services provider are still being worked out, but there is no doubt a new ambulance service will soon be operating in and around Atmore.“We are targeting September 1 as the date for transition to ground service from ASAP to Medstar,” said Jeff Booth, Escambia County Health Care Authority’s (ECHCA) chief…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago