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Karrick, Lancaster attend leadership training conference

Beta State Organization of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International held a Leadership Training Day on February 24, at Dalraida Church of Christ in Montgomery. Approximately 130 members attended the event which featured Linda Navorska, Southeast Regional Director, as the presenter. Attending from Gamma Omega Chapter in Atmore were incoming chapter President Mary Beth Lancaster and Beta State Immediate Past President Nancy Karrick. Navorska presented the topics of leadership characteristics,…

Gormes attend conference

Paolo Gorme, left, and Pia Gorme, right, are shown with Fr. Victor Ingalls during the Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Conference (ACYC), held at Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, last Friday through Sunday, February 23-25. Fr. Ingalls serves as a Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Mobile. About 450 youth from the diocese of Mobile attended the conference. News photo by Ditto Gorme

Juvenile charged with attempted murder in Atmore shooting

A 17-year-old male was arrested Tuesday (Feb. 27) by Atmore police and charged with the attempted murder of another teen who was shot and critically injured at an Atmore location. According to a press release issued by APD Chief Chuck Brooks, officers were sent to Atmore Community Hospital around 4:08 p.m. after hospital staff notified authorities that emergency department personnel had treated a 17-year-old male gunshot victim whose injuries were considered…

Obituaries for the week of February 21, 2018

Leroy White Mr. Leroy White, age 79 of Byrneville, Fla., passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 at his home. He was born in McDavid, Fla. to the late Roy and Lanie White. He was a graduate of Walnut Hill High School. After retiring from Champion Paper International, Leroy and his wife enjoyed many years camping and traveling. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lanie and Roy White; a…

Atmore man, car wind up in Escambia Bay

An Atmore man escaped with only minor injuries Wednesday (Feb. 21) after he and his car were sent flying off a Santa Rosa County, Fla. bridge and into Escambia Bay about an hour before sunrise. According to a Florida Highway Patrol press release, Daniel Payton Taylor, 47, was driving his 2005 Chevy Tahoe eastward on U.S 90, about two miles west of Woodbine Road, when the Tahoe “traveled onto the…