Atmore News

Adult programs at APL
The kids’ programs are wildly popular at Atmore Public Library, but did you know there’s an adult reading program held every October. Once a week they have a program / craft. Shown, participants Pat McMullen, left, and Kathy Staff display their projects from the succulent class. The last program is a book discussion. While the program is winding down for this year, mark your calendar for next October. Sign up…
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…
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…
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…