Atmore News

Christmas around the world
Special to Atmore News Third-grade students in Mrs. Linda McCullough’s class at Perdido Elementary School are celebrating Christmas around the World. Mrs. McCullough has been using her eMints training to teach across the curriculum and allow students to develop their collaborative skills. The students have been using math, language arts, social studies, and science skills to complete activities that expose them to a variety of cultures. They have learned how…
Students attend Reality Campus
Special to Atmore News Reality Campus is an event hosted each year at Coastal Alabama Community College (Monroeville Campus) by the Educational Talent Search Program. Local high school students entering the 11th and 12th grades are invited to participate in a simulation in which they will go through the “college registration process.” Approximately 130 students participated in the recent simulation. They experience life as an “incoming college freshmen” and they…
Body ID’d as missing woman
News Staff Report According to published reports, Escambia County (Alabama) Sheriff’s Office investigators have received confirmation that a body found Sunday, December 9, along the banks of the Conecuh River is that of a Pollard woman who had been missing since November 24. WKRG-TV in Mobile and numerous other media outlets cited ECSO officials as the source for reports that forensic scientists at the state crime lab identified the remains…
2 arrested for prison contraband
News Staff Report Officers with the Alabama Department of Corrections’ Investigations & Intelligence Division, as part of a statewide effort to stop or limit the amount of drugs and other contraband that enters state prisons, arrested two women at different correctional facilities during inmate visitations on Saturday, December 15. One of the incidents occurred at William C. Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore, where DOC agents arrested Latonya Renee Presley, 40,…
Candyland Christmas Party is Saturday
News Staff Report Children of all ages from Atmore and the surrounding area are invited to celebrate the holiday season by attending one of the community’s longest-running holiday celebrations, the 12th annual Candyland Christmas Party, which will take place this Saturday, December 22, at Grace Fellowship Church. A “full meal” dinner, as well as snacks, will be provided to each person who attends the free event, which starts at 3…