Sherry Digmon

Tuckers retire at Mt. Olive
Rev. and Sis. Tucker enter the standing-room only sanctuary. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher You can bring in only so many chairs from the fellowship hall. You can have only so much space for folks to sit and stand. When you’re full to capacity and then some, you know it’s a special occasion. That was the case Sunday afternoon, April 24, as folks gathered at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church to…
Martin retires at APCO
Ricky Martin and family, from left, son Sam, Ricky, wife Shannon, son Ben, and daughter Shannon. Ricky Martin with Melanie Christopher, Atmore’s new APCO manager. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher If you know Ricky Martin, you know he smiles all the time. But his smile may have been a little bigger and brighter Thursday, April 21, at his retirement reception at First Baptist Church.Current and past co-workers, family and friends dropped…
Obituaries, week of April 27, 2022
Geraldine McGhee Ms. Geraldine McGhee, age 73, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at her home in Poarch, Ala. She was a lifelong resident of Poarch. She was a proud member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Friendly Holiness Church. She enjoyed going to church and the Sail Center to play Bingo. She was an avid Alabama Football Fan. She enjoyed listening to gospel music, reading her bible,…
Heated GOP meeting
Candidate, former principal, says ‘railroaded out of county’ District 6 BOE incumbent Sherry Digmon District 6 BOE challenger Michael Bowens District 4 BOE incumbent Cindy Jackson District 4 BOE challenger John Brantley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee’s monthly meeting, held Monday evening (April 18) in the auditorium of Atmore City Hall, was a typical GOP get-together … for about 35 minutes.The highlight of the…
More felony drug arrests from APD stops
Flowers Rodgers Knighten White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men, a Perdido man and a Bay Minette man were among the most recent individuals arrested after city police on routine patrol pulled over their respective vehicles for various equipment violations.No tagThe first incident happened around 9:45 p.m. on April 11, when a patrol officer noticed a vehicle with no tag traveling along Martin Luther King Drive. The vehicle…