Year: 2022

News Staff Report May is Mental Health Awareness Month across the U.S., and a Mental Health Awareness Walkathon will be held in Atmore this Saturday, May 7.The event was organized by Marlo Young, Mental Health Services Coordinator for the Escambia County School System. It will begin at 9 a.m. at the former YMCA building on Pensacola Avenue, and participants will walk to Tom Byrne Park, where a Mental Health Awareness…

News Staff Report Atmore’s official Spring festival, Mayfest, will return full-throttle this Saturday, May 7, after suffering through COVID-related issues the past two years.The festival, which traditionally draws several thousand people to the city, is one of Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s biggest events. It will be at Tom Byrne Park and will last from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.Organizers promise “something for everyone,” including live music and entertainment at…

Lions Club District Governor Bub Gideons, Alabama Lions District 34-C Atmore Lions President-elect Chuck Brooks, at right, and an out-of-town visitor pick up litter along Hwy 31. Local Lions Kenny Smith, Jennifer Sanders and Renee Hardy, second, third and fourth from left, pose with out-of-town visitors during the canned food drive. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than 100 Alabama Lions left Atmore Saturday and Sunday, reportedly taking with them…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members zipped through a three-item agenda during the panel’s Monday, April 25, meeting. The council learned of the availability of “essential pandemic packages,” re-appointed two members of the city’s planning commission and appointed two new members to the board of zoning adjustments.District 3’s Eunice Johnson explained that the pandemic packages are available due to the help of Wind Creek Casino & Hotel…

AFD Chief Ron Peebles, second from left, talks with a Walnut Hill firefighter as the helicopter lifts off in the background. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore fire and rescue personnel were dispatched around 2:20 p.m. Thursday, April 28, to 8181 Fla. Highway 97, about 7 miles inside the Florida line, when Walnut Hill volunteers reported that the driver of a wrecked Chevy Malibu was trapped inside the car.…