Month: June 2024

Atmore News

APL summer reading program
The theme for this year’s Atmore Public Library summer reading program is “Adventure Begins at Your Library,” each Friday in June at 10 a.m. Children of all ages are welcome to attend. Children ages 5-12 will be able to participate in the reading contest.The schedule is as follows:June 7: Poodle ShowJune 14: Wild West Rope ShowJune 21: Animal TalesJune 28: Awards Day / Petting Zoo
by Atmore News access_time3 weeks ago
NAM’s Miss Alabama
Atmore resident Sara Milliken (center), winner of the Miss Alabama title in the recent National American Miss pageant, posed with city officials during the June 1 ribbon cutting for Atmore’s Arts & Entertainment District. It was a case of “third time lucky” for the 23-year-old local woman, daughter of Lisa Milliken and the late Larry Milliken. She had twice before entered the pageant without placing. Shown from left, City Councilwoman…
by Atmore News access_time3 weeks ago
BOE votes on CSFO, new principals
News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education is keeping its collective fingers crossed that the county school system will soon have a new chief accountant to look after its finances. Board members voted during a special called meeting held Monday, June 3, at the Brewton Central Office to offer the job to Avery Ford, currently the Chief Schools Financial Officer (CSFO) for Conecuh County. Ford was chosen by…
by Atmore News access_time3 weeks ago
Felony arrests
Inebriated minibike rider jailed on numerous charges By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Simpson A 35-year-old Atmore man, apparently past the point of being legally drunk, was arrested May 29 by city police on numerous charges, including felony drug possession, after an officer “observed several minibikes being operated recklessly and without any lights” on Martin Luther King Drive around 8:15 p.m.APD Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that a minibike operated by Brent…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 weeks ago
No problems as Arts & Entertainment District officially opens
Mayor Jim Staff snipped the ribbon Saturday, June 1, to officially open the city’s new Arts & Entertainment District. Shown from left, Sydney McGhee, Shinora Redmond, Sara Milliken, Sheilo Faircloth, Mayor Staff, Sarah Smith, Laurey Hood, Becca Smith, Eunice Johnson, Shawn Lassiter, Jerry Gehman. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Main Street Atmore Director Shinora Redmond and Mayor Jim Staff were both optimistic in their optimism — although cautiously so —…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 weeks ago