Month: March 2022

Atmore News

Martin named to TU Provost’s List
Benjamin Martin of Atmore has been named to the Provost’s List at Troy University for Term 3 of the 2021/2022 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.Term 3 includes students at Troy’s campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, along with students outside of Alabama and online.
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Obituaries, week of March 30, 2022
Glenda Ann Walston Mrs. Glenda Ann Walston, age 69, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in Pensacola, Fla. She has resided in Century, Fla. most of her life. She was a proud member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. She was an avid fisherman and enjoyed the outdoors and going camping. She enjoyed playing video games, and playing with her dog.She was preceded in death by her parents, Grady…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Devastation!
Violent winds rip apart homes, buildings Damage to the Big Oak Trailer Park was widespread and extensive. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than a dozen families in Big Oak Trailer Park continued this week the task of literally and figuratively picking up the pieces of their lives after a Friday, March 18, storm system spawned savage straight-line winds that destroyed or significantly damaged at least nine mobile homes.Conflicting reports…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Help for storm victims
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Almost before the winds died down, relief efforts were under way for the victims of Friday’s storm in the Poarch community. Big Oak trailer park on Jack Springs Road was devastated with several mobile homes destroyed from straight line winds. At least six families with public school students were displaced – most of the students attending Huxford Elementary School. Escambia County School superintendent Michele McClung,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago