Year: 2023

Sherry Digmon

What’s new in the district
Collier Mills By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher There’s always something new going on in the public school system. Sometimes changes affect a few schools in one area of the county – sometimes it’s county-wide.This year, three schools in the Atmore area are affected with shifts in students and/or grades.Pre-K and fourth gradeIt isn’t like Escambia County Middle School is sending some students away. They’re just not coming to ECMS this school…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago
Obituaries week of July 26, 2023
Patricia A. Ward Ms. Patricia A. Ward, age 81, of Century, Fla. passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2023. She was born in Bluff Springs, Fla. She was a member of Beulah Chapel Assembly of God Church and was the Dietary Manager at Jay Hospital. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ollie “Tiny” Matheny. Ms. Ward is survived by her siblings, Carl Matheny, Norma Dorriety and Peggy Little, all…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
House fire
Resident escapes unharmed A firefighter prepares to enter the home for a final check around 6:30 a.m. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local woman escaped without injury while city firefighters spent more than two hours fighting a predawn fire that destroyed the woman’s Peachtree Street home Monday morning, July 17.Atmore Fire Department reports show the first wave of city firefighters was dispatched at 4:52 a.m. They arrived five minutes…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Sales tax holiday this weekend
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Stores in Atmore and each of the surrounding taxing entities (with the possible exception of one) will apparently take part in Alabama’s 18th annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, which will be observed across the state starting at 12:01 a.m. this Friday, July 21, and continuing through midnight Sunday, July 23.According to the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADR) website, officials in Atmore, Brewton, East Brewton and…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
RAG to present ‘Charlie Brown’
Special to Atmore News The Railway Arts Guild and Pride of Atmore will present “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” July 27-30 at The Strand Theatre. Evening shows are 7 p.m. with Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.Directed by Ellen Johnson, “Charlie Brown” is a musical based on the Charles Schultz comics and follows the Peanuts gang as they struggle with homework, play baseball, swoon over crushes, and celebrate friendship. Featured…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago