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Atmore News

ECHCA seeks 4-mill tax increase for healthcare
News Staff Report Escambia County Health Care Authority (ECHCA) officials are asking community leaders, healthcare advocates and residents across the county for support of a proposed 4-mill property tax increase that will help provide much-needed funding for local healthcare needs.The tax increase, if approved, will double the amount of public healthcare taxes paid each year by property owners. Revenues from the new revenue stream will be used to help finance…
by Atmore News access_time7 months ago
Local mortgage loan officer charged with theft from civic group
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period May 2-10:Katrinka Phillips Phillips Phillips, who worked as a mortgage loan originator at Gulf Winds Credit Union in Atmore, was allowed to surrender to authorities on May 6 after an investigation revealed that she had siphoned several thousands of dollars from the account or accounts of an unidentified…
by Atmore News access_time7 months ago
Confirmation
Archbishop Thomas Rodi bestowed the Sacrament of Confirmation to two parishioners during the Saturday Mass, May 10, at St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church. Shown are, from left, the Deacon Matt Jakubowski, Rev. Joseph Chacko, Salvador Franco, Isaac Manzano and Archbishop Thomas Rodi. Archbishop Thomas Rodi bestowed the Sacrament of Confirmation to two parishioners during the Saturday Mass, May 10, at St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church. Shown are, from left, the…
by Atmore News access_time7 months ago