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BOE sets homecoming, approves personnel
News Staff Report The county’s two public high schools will celebrate homecoming in the next few weeks. At the Escambia County Board of Education meeting Monday, September 14, Superintendent John Knott announced the dates as follows: Escambia County High School, Friday, September 25; W.S. Neal High School, Friday, October 2. The board approved the following personnel changes on Knott’s recommendation. Resignation 1. Teresa Nipper, cosmetology instructor, Escambia County High School,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
ACH announces new clinic name
Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announces that ACH Complete Care will be the name of their new primary care physician clinic in Atmore. Ashley Strawbridge, Atmore Hospital Patient Safety and Employee Health Manager, was selected as the Name the Clinic winner. She will receive a $100 gift card. The new primary care clinic is still tentatively set to open in December 2020 and will feature a new…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Atmore man charged with attempted murder in Friday shooting
An Atmore man was arrested today (Saturday, Sept. 12) in connection with a shooting that took place here Friday afternoon. Amirr Raheem English, 21, is charged with attempted murder in the incident. He was processed at 1:25 p.m. today into the Escambia County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond until a bond hearing can be arranged. According to a press release issued Saturday by Atmore Police Chief…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Obituaries, week of September 13, 2020
Margaret Ann “Cricket” Brown Brown Ms. Margaret Ann “Cricket” Brown, age 64, of Poarch, Ala., passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 in Pensacola, Fla.  She was born in Century, Fla. She lived most of her life in Bratt, Fla. and was a member of Bratt Assembly of God Church.  She loved her family and was an avid fan of New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Braves baseball.  She was preceded in death…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Lions ‘attend’ leadership conference
Special to Atmore News Alabama Lions offered its members a chance to attend a Virtual Leadership Conference on August 8 and 22 for three hours each day. This virtual version replaced the cancelled Alabama Lions Leadership Conference. The first day, which was attended by Atmore Lions Renee Hardy, Mandie Thompson, Bub Gideons, and Nancy Karrick, covered the topics of Rejuvenating Districts with New Clubs, Revitalizing Clubs with New Members, and…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago