Year: 2024

Atmore News

GECA to present ‘The Odd Couple: Ladies Edition’
Special to Atmore News The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA) announces its upcoming production of “The Odd Couple: Ladies Edition,” a twist on the Neil Simon comedy. The show will run from October 10 to 13 and October 17 to 20 at the GECA theater in Atmore.In this female-led version of the classic play, audiences will follow journey of two mismatched roommates, messy Olive Madison and neat-freak Florence…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
ECHS falls 16 yards short against 6th-ranked Leopards
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer It is said that football is a game of inches. For Escambia County High’s Blue Devils last Friday (September 13), it was a game of about 16 yards.The Blue Devils, heavy underdogs to the sixth-ranked (state class 4A) Mobile Christian Leopards, launched a field-length drive that came up just that short as time ran out in a 13-6 Region 1 setback.ECHS Coach Vincent Harris was…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
VFW Auxiliary honors Scouts
At the appreciation event, from left, front, Rhoan Ray, Lacy Ray, Kane Powell, and Kage Powell; back, Jackey Odom, Jenny Hutto, Rebecca Martin, and Matt Ray. Not pictured is Brandy Ray. Special to Atmore News Atmore VFW Auxiliary 7016 honored some members of Cub Scout Pack 31 and Boy Scout Troop 31 from Flomaton Monday, September 9, for their assistance helping the Auxiliary put flags out for Memorial Day.This was…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
Obituaries, week of September 25, 2024
Angela Faye Johnson       Mrs. Angela Faye Johnson, age 46, passed away Friday, September 6, 2024. She was born in Atmore, Ala. to Ernice Delmore and Willie Harris. She was an Escambia County high School graduate and attended cosmetology school. Later was employed for Alabama State Department of Corrections. She was a member of McCullough Baptist Church. She had a remarkable love for animals extending her compassion and warmth to all…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
Obituaries, week of September 18, 2024
Bill English Mr. Bill English, age 66, passed away Monday, September 9, 2024 in Walnut Hill, Fla. He was a lifelong resident of Walnut Hill and a truck driver in the logging woods for many years. He enjoyed fishing and spending time outdoors. He was a proud member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians whose hobbies included shooting pool and singing karaoke.He was preceded in death by his parents,…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago