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COVID-19 continues circulating in Alabama communities Special to Atmore news COVID-19 continues to infect persons in Alabama, with the Delta variant being the predominant strain. Given that recent numbers of cases, percent positive tests and hospitalizations are decreasing, Alabamians may feel that the worst is behind us. However, the potential for this virus to cause infection, disease and death remains high.The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) cautions that Alabamians…

Recording artist Gordon Mote was in concert at First Baptist Church Sunday night as part of the church’s 135-year anniversary celebration. Gordon and Pastor Kevin Garrett are friends from junior high school and were in band and chorus together through school. As a surprise to the audience Sunday evening, Kevin sang one song as Gordon accompanied. The two old friends brought the house down.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Children and teachers in First Baptist Church Preschool noted the month Thursday, September 30 with a balloon release. Gold is the color of childhood cancer awareness.

Leslie Henderson and Naomie Rae Lawson By LESLIE HENDERSONSpecial to Atmore News My Mimaw, Gloria Johnson, has a Strand Story. Her Aunt Clione Pugh worked there around the early 1950s and would bring Mimaw with her. They rode the train from Canoe Station to Williams Station. Mimaw remembers watching Aunt Clione get the theater ready to open, sell tickets, popcorn and drinks. The Strand looked a little different back then.My…