Sherry Digmon

Boys, Girls State delegates address Legion
Boys and Girls State delegates, from left, Michael Morgan, Serenity Mitchell, Jason Alcaniz, Helen Weber, Jackson Haney By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher American Legion Post 90 sponsored 14 areas students at this year’s Boys and Girls State held at Troy University May 28 through June 3. One day during the week, delegates took a day trip to the capital in Montgomery.As is the custom, the Legion held a reception for State…
Stitch By Stitch
The healing power of God’s love and grace Peggy Weaver with her new book By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Peggy Weaver was peeling potatoes at her kitchen table one day in January 2021. No one else was around. She didn’t know where her husband Donald Ray was right then. Very likely she was thinking about her brother Stan Quimby who had passed away just two days earlier.She was alone. It was…
Coach Carter wows educators at county-wide pep rally
Educators show their school spirit Coach Ken Carter FHS cheerleaders Courtney McBride and Troy Brown Principal Leah Fuqua – Queen of the Huxford Elementary Hornet Hive By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher The Flomaton High School auditorium was filled with wildly enthusiastic educators at the 2nd Annual Pep Rally Friday, August 4. The event, which brings together every public school faculty and administrator in the county, is the annual kick-off for the…
What’s new in the district
Collier Mills By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher There’s always something new going on in the public school system. Sometimes changes affect a few schools in one area of the county – sometimes it’s county-wide.This year, three schools in the Atmore area are affected with shifts in students and/or grades.Pre-K and fourth gradeIt isn’t like Escambia County Middle School is sending some students away. They’re just not coming to ECMS this school…
The Strand and Encore
Ribbon cutting in The Strand Theatre, front row, from left, Debbi and Greg Albritton, Sam Roberson, Richard Maxwell, committee members Stephanie Barnes, Myrna Monroe, Dale Ash, and Foster Kizer; Mayor Jim Staff; Tripp Ward; Charlie Ramsey, Sarah Wooten. The Andrews Sisters, from left, Ellen Johnson, Abi Mascaro, Amanda Miller, Jasmina Staley Exposé founder and director Lashonda Marshall, center, with several members of the dance team Boy Scouts present the colors…