Year: 2023

By Atmore News Staff Big dayWednesday will be a big day for Escambia County High School, as more than a half-dozen senior football players are expected to formally accept scholarships or partial scholarships, grants-in-aid and other offers made by an array of colleges, universities and prep schools from around the country. Recruiters and head coaches — many from Division I schools — have visited Atmore in the past month or…

Handy Special to Atmore News The Annual Rosa Parks Prayer Breakfast is set for Saturday, February 4, 9 a.m., at Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. The event is always held at no charge and is open to the public (16 and older).This year’s speaker is the Rev. Cromwell A. Handy, the past pastor of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church (2013-2022) and is the president of the Dexter Avenue…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The City of Atmore’s plan to annex a three-mile stretch along Alabama 21 into the city, thereby bridging the gap between downtown and Rivercane, is expected to pass through the Alabama Legislature with little or no problem.The area to be annexed includes all the commercial, agricultural and forest land located west of Alabama 21 and north of Escambia County Middle School, as well as that…