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Flags on Memorial Day

On Saturday, May 27, several Royal Rangers from Liberty Baptist Church in Pineview helped the Atmore VFW Auxiliary place flags on veterans’ graves for Memorial Day. The group placed around 189 flags in cemeteries in Atmore and the surrounding area. Royal Rangers are shown, from left, Tennisson Carnley, Eli Norton, Rett Parish and Easton Norton. Not pictured is Allen Nelson. Commanders of the Royal Rangers who also helped were David Parish…

Market in the Park

Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Market in the Park will get under way on Saturday, June 10, from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Heritage Park. Local and area produce and vegetable growers, bakers, canners, growers of plants and others will be selling their wares. More vendors are needed. To become a vendor or to get more information, call 251-368-3305.

Court docket set

The Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Criminal Docket has been set for June 12 through June 16 jury term. Courtroom one Jaquan Monte Powell, trafficking – cocaine; Shelton Forney, trafficking –synthetics; Pete Anthony Jimenez, TOP 2nd, RSP 1st x 4; Roman David Peirce, sex abuse child <12; Taconius Stallworth, UPCS; Benton Bell, trafficking – meth, RSP 2nd, RSP 1st, Crim. use defense spray; Lee Ernest Watson, UPCS; Joseph Montreal Kiser, UPOM 1st;…

Students attend HOBY

Sophomore students from Atmore joined 280 other sophomore students from all over the state of Alabama during the Hugh O’Brian Youth leadership seminar at Troy University May 26-28. Shown are, from left, Emma Caroline Sasser and Sara Rolin from Escambia Academy, and Pia Gorme from Alabama School of Math and Science. Not pictured is Olivia Simmons from Escambia County High School. News photo by Ditto Gorme

Annual Windham celebration is Friday

The Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum and Library is pleased to present the 2017 Kathryn Tucker Windham Annual Celebration of Memories on Friday, June 2, on the Thomasville Campus of Coastal Alabama Community College. This year’s celebration includes Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum Tour along with the following: * Kathryn Tucker Windham’s daughter, Dilcy Windham Hilley, will tell “Stories from Mother’s Kitchen” in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Windham’s first book…