Author: Sherry Digmon

Sherry Digmon

BOE extends COVID-19 sick pay
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Sick pay for absence due to COVID-19 was extended for employees of the Escambia County school system at the board meeting Friday, August 27. These benefits were paid last year but were not available this school year until now. The board approved a resolution for the extension of COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave  under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act extended under the American Recovery…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago
Books of interest
By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher The April 2021 “atmore” magazine featured a piece on Alvin Farrar’s new book Of Smoke and Sand. This month, the book is available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.Of Smoke and Sand deals with the lives and events surrounding the fictional Badaraque Plantation in Baldwin County, Alabama beginning in 1835 until falling victim to the Civil War. It was a time of wealth and peace but…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago
Honoring one of their own
Robbie Lynn Carnley The procession parked at the funeral home By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher It was a touching testament to Robbie Lynn Carnley and her family – fire trucks, law enforcement vehicles, dozens upon dozens of vehicles bearing friends and family … and mail trucks driven by her co-workers. They lined up Sunday afternoon, August 22, to form a funeral procession from Petty Eastside Chapel to Little Escambia Baptist Church…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago
Mayor Shell passes
Howard Shell By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Former Atmore Mayor Howard Shell passed away Saturday morning, August 21. He was 88.He joined the Navy in March 1951, at the outbreak of the Korean War. Following his military discharge in 1955, he went to work at Monsanto (then Chemstrand), working as a research technician.In 1984, he ran for Atmore City Council and won. In 1986, he was appointed mayor and served for…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago
Boys and Girls State delegates recognized
Boys and Girls State delegates, from left, Jamison Janes, Brady Howell, Ja’Daniel Nettles, Charlie Henley, Timothy Turner, Logan G. Blancheri. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher As is the custom, American Legion Post 90 and the Auxiliary hosted a program honoring delegates to Boys and Girls State. Last year, State was cancelled due to Covid, so some of this year’s delegates were actually selected to go last year.Boys State delegates were as…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago