Day: November 27, 2024

Atmore News

‘Atmore Four’
From left, IJ Attorney Jared McClain outside the county jail with Cindy Jackson, Sherry Digmon, Don Fletcher, Ashley Fore. Institute for Justice sues DA, sheriff on behalf of Digmon, Fletcher, Fore, Jackson Atmore News Staff Institute for Justice (IJ), a nonprofit, public interest law firm that defends First Amendment cases across the U.S., confirmed during a windy press conference held last Wednesday, November 20, outside the federal courthouse in Mobile…
by Atmore News access_time5 days ago
2023 report cards
Three Atmore-area schools among 5 in county with gains over previous year By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Though the gains were relatively small, half the 10 Escambia County schools — including three in or just outside Atmore — that were graded by state education officials showed improvement over the previous year.According to the annual “Report Cards” issued by the Alabama Department of Education, Escambia County Middle School (ECMS) showed the…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 days ago
City officials bid ‘Sam’ Bennett a fond farewell
Chief Chuck Brooks, left, presents a plaque to Samantha Bennett. Mayor Jim Staff is in the background. Mayor Jim Staff, center, presents the National Care at Home Month proclamation to Karen Carmichael, left, and Roneka Gamble, right, of Atmore Community Home Care. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Reporter Atmore officials formally bid a fond farewell to one of the city police department’s longest-serving employees during the Monday, November 25, meeting of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 days ago
Council approves vacating property
News Staff Report This meeting was held Tuesday afternoon, November 12, after Atmore News press time.A trio of Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval to a resolution to vacate the allowances made for continuances of Marshall, Greer and Diamond avenues in southwest Atmore.District 1’s Webb Nall, District 2’s Jerome Webster and District 3’s Eunice Johnson gave the green light to the property measure. City Clerk Becca Smith said Mayor…
by Atmore News access_time5 days ago
Locals’ food stamp cards hijacked
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) officials and unidentified federal law enforcement agencies are currently conducting a joint investigation into a statewide rash of electronic “hijackings” that have emptied the food stamp cards of thousands of Alabamians, including several Escambia County residents.Daniel Sparkman, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Alabama Department of Human Resources, told Atmore News this week that criminals have been able to…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 days ago