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Ribbon cutting
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Southern Tire Mart Friday, February 5. Chamber board members and staff, friends and family joined the owners and employees for the occasion. Shown are, from left, Breiah Adams, Erin Hankins, Stephanie Dean, Kevin Dunn, Bridget Gunn, J.R. Godwin, Annah Hammond, Noah Graham, Anna Norton; back, Ashley Salter, Kenneth Nelson, Fred Hitchcock, Luke McDaniel, Robert Dickson, Zoe Hudson, Billy Capers.
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Gehman featured in trade publication
Tristan Gehman News Staff Report Atmore’s Tristan Gehman was featured in an international technology publication recently. The article is “Siemon’s OptiFuse™ Splice-On Connectors Save Time and Ease Installation for Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians.” The article has to do with work done by G&H Systems of Atmore. Gehman is vice-president of the company founded by his dad, Jerry Gehman, who serves as president, and James Helton. When the Poarch…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
UPDATE: Children located in Mississippi, returned to mother
Two children, a teenager and a 3-year-old, were located in Gulfport, Miss. this afternoon, just a few hours after they were reportedly abducted from an Atmore gas station. Bruice Jyrome Jonson, 58, of San Antonio, Texas, was detained in Gulfport. He faces charges in Alabama for interference with child custody. The children were safe and unharmed. Jonson had been sought since the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m., after the two…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of February 7, 2020
John Charles “Johnny” Rushing, Sr. Rushing Rev. John Charles “Johnny” Rushing, Sr., age 70, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021. He was born to Charlie and Lois Rushing. He served in The United States Army during the Vietnam War and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He was the former police chief of Florala, Ala. and Sipsey, Ala. and served many years in law enforcement. He was a…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
DAR Good Citizens announced
Special to Atmore News The Fort Mims Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution announces the DAR Good Citizens from three area high schools. The students were selected from the Senior Class of each school based on qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism to an outstanding degree. The DAR Good Citizens for 2020-21 are Daughtry Hayes McGhee from Escambia Academy, Breanna Luree McGowan from Escambia County…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago