Year: 2024

Atmore News

Obituaries, week of April 10, 2024
James Alvin “Jimmy” Powers         Powers Mr. James Alvin “Jimmy” Powers, age 84, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, April 1, 2024 in Bay Minette, Ala.  He was born in Limestone County, Athens, Ala. to Floyd and Louise Collins Powers.  He was a bus driver with Escambia County Alabama School System and attended Atmore First Assembly. He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Anthony Powers; his brothers, Calvin…
by Atmore News access_time7 months ago
Hall of Fame inductees named
Wilkins By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher The Atmore Area Hall of Fame Committee has made its selection for the 2024 inductees. They are Velma Jackson-Wilkins, Foster Kizer, Lavan Martin, James McNeil, Howard H. Patterson Sr., Dr. Delaine Salter, and Rev. Monroe Tucker.The committee is changing the induction ceremony this year. Rather than an evening event, it will be held Sunday afternoon, May 19, at 2 p.m., at The Club. Heavy hors…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 months ago
Obituaries, week of April 3, 2024
Tina S. Hadley Mrs. Tina S. Hadley, age 59, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in Bay Minette, Ala. She was a native of Presque Isle, Maine and spent time in Victoria, Texas and has been a resident of Rabun, Alabama for the past thirty- nine years. She enjoyed working with computers and especially watching her TV shows, NCIS and Survivor. Loved spending time with family and friends and…
by Atmore News access_time7 months ago
Solar farm
Co. commissioner ‘skeptical’ as dirt work begins on 500 acres near Wawbeek The ‘farm’ will encompass the area inside the red lines. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In Escambia County, farmers grow and market a wide variety of crops, including cotton, corn and soybeans. A Carolina company is adding a different sort of crop to the list, and at least one county commissioner isn’t exactly overjoyed about it.Asheville, N.C.-based Pine…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago
Work nearing completion on new airport hangars
Workers prepare the drainage area that will serve the new hangars. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Crews from Chunchula-based S.C. Stagner Contracting, Inc. continued this week their work on the six new aircraft hangars at Atmore Municipal Airport, the first projection in a list of major improvements planned for the local airfield.The anticipated cost of construction of the hangars is $1,440,240.45 and is 90-percent funded by a Federal Aviation Administration…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago