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Atmore News

Obituaries for the week of November 29, 2017
William Harold Allen William Harold Allen, age 72, passed away at his home in Atmore, Alabama on November 20, 2017, surrounded by his loved ones, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on March 2, 1945 to Grady C (Doc) Allen and Gladys E. (Woods) Allen in Atmore, Alabama. He was a lifelong resident of Atmore, and in 1972 opened a small mobile home dealership on the north…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Thank you!
  Many thanks to our sports writers and photographers for great coverage this football season. Paolo Gorme – Sports Writer, – Escambia Academy, EA Graduate 2017 Katie Wiggins – Sports Writer –  J.U. Blacksher High School, JUB Senior Lexxi Baggett – Sports Writer –  Northview High School, NHS Junior Ditto Gorme – Photographer – Escambia Academy, Escambia County High School, Northview High School Carol Welch – Photographer –  J.U. Blacksher…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
YMCA offering adult soccer, youth flag football
With the success its youth soccer program has enjoyed over the past three years, Atmore Area YMCA, along with Atmore Soccer Inc., has decided to take the program to the next level. Registration for the new Adult Recreational Soccer program will continue until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 29. Games are set to begin on Saturday, January 20. Players from all skill levels are welcome to compete in the new…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Fever, flu, colds spreading across Lower Alabama
According to Sickweather, the world’s first real-time map of human health, the following reported illness and symptoms are running rampant in the Mobile-Pensacola region, including Escambia County and Atmore: According to the health monitoring organization, fever and flu were “trending high” in and around Mobile and Pensacola during the recent Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Reports of common cold were also prevalent in this region, whereas reports of ear infection, which had become a…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Troopers investigate 6 traffic deaths during holiday
In the days leading up to and during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday travel period, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) promoted #ArriveAliveAlabama – and it seems the motoring public took note. Alabama State Troopers investigated only six traffic deaths during this year’s holiday period – 10 fewer than during the same period in 2016. ALEA officials reported that there were even two zero-fatality days during the five-day weekend, which began…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago