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A win at the buzzer
Escambia Academy hosted the New Year Classic Basketball Tournament December 29 and 30. EA won over Walton High School (Florida) 80-79 when EA’s Fred Flavors made a buzzer-beater 3-point basket. The girls team lost to Walton. Sparta Academy also participated in the tournament. Shown, Fred Flavors makes the winning shot News photo by Ditto Gorme
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Obituaries for the week of December 27, 2017
Patricia Ann Walker Mrs. Patricia Ann Walker, age 76, of Duncan, Okla., passed away Thursday, December 14, 2017 in the Country Club Care Nursing and Rehab, Duncan. She was born in Montgomery, Ala. to the late James Henry and Helen Bernice (Duncan) Moore. She enjoyed watching crime shows on TV, and mostly enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was a member of the Western Heights Baptist Church,…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Christmas cheer at ACH
Stitches, Atmore Community Hospital mascot, made rounds at ACH Saturday morning, spreading Christmas cheer to 23 patients as well as visitors and employees. Stitches was assisted by Kharina Gorme in the lab department. Hospital Auxiliary members Patsy Brown and Marlene Forrester also gave out Christmas items. Shown above, Stitches gives a candy cane to Landen Simpson and Jasmine Martin. Below, Stitches visits with RN Bethany Ealum. News photo by Ditto…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Flomaton teen killed
A 19-year-old Flomaton woman was killed Friday night, December 22, after she was thrown from her car, then twice run over by drivers who did not see her lying in the roadway. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, Daizee Brooke Angus was driving a 2007 Chevy Impala eastward on Escambia County (Fla.) Road 4A around 8 p.m. when she “failed to negotiate a left curve” and lost control of the…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Pride honors Yard of the Month
By TOM TSCHIDA Special to Atmore News As fall approaches, long before the Christmas season, the Roberts family can be found hard at work planning the year’s Christmas light debut. John and Sylvia start this labor of love in October – checking bulbs, fixing displays, running cords, and determining what new items to add each year. Fifteen years ago, John hung a few sets of lights on his home just to…
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