Month: October 2023

Atmore News

Memories
Nancy Karrick (seated) autographs a copy of her book, Memories of Main Street, for Sandy Whitaker during an October 17 signing event at The Encore at the Strand. A crowd of more than 100 attended the signing, most of them buying one or more copies of the book for the Atmore author to sign. Others came just to share stories of the city’s past and its former civic and social…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
Obituaries week of October 25, 2023
Beverly Phillips Blackwell Beverly Phillips Blackwell, age 71, of Atmore, AL passed away on October 16, 2023.  She was born in Atmore, Ala. to Burl Franklin Phillips, Sr. and Faye Coon Phillips. She was a member of Gravel Hill Primitive Baptist Church. She was a beloved teacher with the Mobile County School System for twenty-five years.   She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Burl Franklin…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
BOE rejects extension of superintendent contract by 4-3 vote
DA Steve Billy speaks during the meeting By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Words of support from two elected officials, a preacher and a former elected official, along with a show of support from three other current and former elected officials, were not enough to sway the convictions — and votes — of four Escambia County Board of Education members during the October 12 BOE meeting. The four — District…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
School absences could lead to numerous problems, including jail for parents
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer About 50 people — including two elected officials who spoke, two county education officials, several parents of county school students and others — gathered in Escambia County High School’s auditorium Monday, October 16, for a symposium on truancy, the problem of students staying away from school without a valid reason.The gathering was organized and headed up by Dr. Eric Andrews, who serves as Attendance and…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Karrick’s book now available
News Staff Report Nancy Bosenberg Karrick’s book on Atmore is available, following her book signing Tuesday, October 17. A research project that began for Karrick in 1986, while living in Belgium, comes to fruition this month with the release of Memories of Main Street: Atmore, Alabama — A Special Place Remembered in Words and Pictures, produced by NewSouth, Inc. The project which began with a few old snapshots saved in…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago