Day: November 2, 2022

Sheriff’s, governor’s offices up for grabs on Tuesday’s ballot News Staff Report Escambia County election officials are expecting a moderate voter turnout next Tuesday, November 8, when voters across the state go to the polls to choose, among other races, whether Alabama’s governorship will remain the same and which of three individuals will take venerable Richard Shelby’s seat in the U.S. Senate.Gov. Kay Ivey became in 2017 the state’s 54th…

The Escambia County High School Blue Devils played their last football game of the season Friday, October 28. Prior to traveling to Northview High School for the game, players and coaches were treated to a meal prepared and served by Giving Back to the Community. Shown are, from left, ECHS Head Coach Vincent Harris, Rodney Showers, Twanna Thomas, Curtis Tucker, Angel Johnson, LaKisha Jones, and James McNeil.

Special to Atmore News Local farmer Brenda Coker recently directed a $5,000 Bayer Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to Huxford Elementary School STEM.In 2022, Bayer Fund revamped America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, making it easier for farmers across the country to find and fund the organizations and institutions that keep their communities thriving. This included doubling the individual donations to $5,000, up from $2,500 in previous years to provide…

Check out the new arrivals at Atmore Public Library. Patrons rate new arrivalsSeveral patrons are sharing their opinions of the new books they’ve read. Five stars is the top rating. Carolyn Morris: The Return of the Gods by Jonathan Cahn  5 stars Myrna Monroe: Call the Midwife Series by Jennifer Worth  5 stars Heather Roley: Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb  5 stars Fiction   Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs…

Alan and Kaki Baker Cindy Jackson and Randall Jackson By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher More than 200 people “came home” for Pollard-McCall Jr. High School’s 100th anniversary celebration held Saturday, October 29.Memorabilia filled tables along the walls in the auditorium – scrapbooks, yearbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings.Some of the attendees didn’t go to school here, but their children, grandchildren, and, in Mildred Brooks’ case great-grandchildren, attended Pollard-McCall.Alan Baker didn’t attend, but his…