Atmore News

Obituaries, week of March 1, 2023
Brenda Joyce Peacock Mrs. Brenda Joyce Peacock, age 70, of Perdido, Ala., passed away Monday, February 20, 2023 in Fairhope, Ala. She was born in Pensacola, Fla. to William and Mary Elizabeth Little Simmons. She was a member of Little Rock Church of Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ. Brenda was a registered nurse who loved her job and helping others.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister,…
Postponed
By now, everyone knows the Strand grand opening has been postponed. We had planned to publish a special section this week, February 22, to coincide with the opening, but of course, we’ve changed our plans too.Several of you have sent us memories of the Strand and we hope more of you will do so. At some point, we’ll publish your memories. Send them to sherry@atmorenews.com.
Teen killed
Boyfriend arrested in fatal shooting of 16-year-old ECHS athlete Police placed crime scene tape around the vehicle in which the victim was taken to the hospital. Wilson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer UPDATED TO CORRECT MOTHER’S NAME An Atmore teen was arrested and taken to an area juvenile detention center after being charged with the fatal Monday night shooting of his 16-year-old girlfriend, a student athlete at Escambia County High…
Who’s News
By Atmore News Staff Ghana-boundAtmore native Dr. Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, noted for her work with TIME magazine, Morehouse College and the Nobel Prize Museum in Sweden, is headed to Accra, Republic of Ghana, in West Africa, to work with the Du Bois Museum Foundation in preserving the home and personal library of W.E.B. Du Bois, an American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist who helped create the NAACP. Dr. Sims-Alvarado, a…
Moving K4, 4th grade
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education approved during its February 16 meeting the reconfiguration of three Atmore schools, a move that will put all the county’s 4-year-old pre-kindergarten students in the same school and move local fourth graders back into an elementary school setting. The reconfiguration was approved at the recommendation of Superintendent Michele McClung. The student relocation plan will affect Rachel Patterson Elementary…