Month: April 2025

First Baptist Church Preschool held their annual Trike-A-Thon Friday, April 11, to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Trike-A-Thon is not only a fun activity, it’s an educational way to teach young preschoolers and their educators how to make a difference for St. Jude kids. Atmore News will have a follow-up article and additional pictures in a future edition.

Every year, the Atmore Christian School fish fry seems more well attended. Held Friday evening, April 11, the event was organized a little differently this year in order to better accommodate two lines – one for dine-in and one for take-out. Needless to say, this undertaking requires many volunteers. While many folks got plates to go, some folks stayed to have dinner and visit.

Nobody needed to tell a tall fishing tale Saturday, April 12, at Steve’s Farm Fishing Tournament. The three shown here caught the biggest fish of the day. Winners are, from left, first place, Ryan Stephens, 25.8 lbs., $600 prize money; second place, Scott Stabler, 24.35 lbs., $250 prize money; third place, Emily Phillips, 24.15 lbs., $150 prize money.

Nancy Karrick, left, and President Dawn Pettit Special to Atmore News On Tuesday, April 8, former Alabama State President Nancy Karrick was invited to Monroeville to the Delta Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.The Society celebrated the 96 years since the organization was founded in Austin, Texas, by Dr. Annie Webb Blanton. Karrick led the women in attendance from events, both worldwide and Society-wide, from 1929 to 2025,…

Visiting a classroom By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher “Little Steps, Big Dreams” – that’s the watchword for A.C. Moore Primary School. The Pre-K students will be joined by kindergarten students in the fall, and ACM will equip these little ones for the next steps as they go to first grade.Saturday, April 12, school administration and staff hosted a meet and mingle event at the school, welcoming students, parents and kindergarten teachers…