Atmore News

Obituaries, week of March 2, 2022
Sally Barnett Bridgman Mrs. Sally Barnett Bridgman, age 62, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022.  She was born in Atmore to Ned and Ethel Prestwood Barnett.  She was a graduate of Troy University and worked as a secretary for many years with Brantley’s Tires.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Miles Brandon Bridgman and her siblings, Preston Barnett, Farrar Barnett and Glen Barnett.…
PCI Govt. Services lands Redstone contract
Special to Atmore News PCI Government Services LLC (PCI-GS) has been awarded a contract by the Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) to provide agency-wide program and acquisition support services under a five-year Blank Purchase Agreement (BPA).PCI-GS, a tribally owned limited liability corporation of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, will provide the arsenal with a list of services that includes program management support, acquisition support, strategic analysis support, data analysis…
Lawyers support POA with grant award
At the presentation, from left, Cindy Colville, Nikki Tucker Davis, Foster Kizer, Dale Ash, Linda Godwin Special to Atmore News The Pride of Atmore has received a grant for $5,000 from the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation (ACJF), a statewide grantmaking foundation supported by lawyers from across the state.POA member Dale Ash said this donation would not have been possible without Atmore attorney Charles Godwin, who make the group aware of…
Breaking ‘moos’ at W.S. Neal High School
By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News It might be the most unique homeroom you’ve ever seen.Because students at W.S. Neal High School in East Brewton aren’t learning farming skills in a classroom, but in a new barn on campus.The facility currently houses 22 cows. Students feed, groom and take care of the animals that they have raised from calves which will then be sold. Some students buy their own calves…
Correction
In the February 16, 2022 edition of Atmore News, we mistakenly reported that a proposed new fieldhouse and practice field at Escambia County High School might include a heated pool. We misunderstood a comment by Escambia County Schools Deputy of Operations Shaun Goolsby when he was discussing one of the three renderings he presented at the Board of Education meeting February 11.We apologize for the error.