Category: Community

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The cash-strapped Escambia County Healthcare Authority (ECHA) will apparently shell out more than $100,000 to fund a special election that will decide whether voters will authorize a 4-mill property tax increase to help finance the county’s two struggling hospitals.The results of a petition circulated for several weeks around the county more than justified the call for an election. During the most recent county commission meeting,…

Special to Atmore News The ECTS Golden Eagles: The Storyteller Book is now available for preorder through August 31. The book covers a wide collection of stories of people who attended Escambia County Training School (ECTS), a collection of personal and inspirational writings, and poetry pieces written by the authors, a mother-daughter writing duo, Paulette January-German and Rainy January.Both authors are natives of Atmore, graduates of Escambia County High School…

Ayden Bonner of Atmore was named to the President’s List for the Spring 2025 semester at Lawson State Community College.President’s List Scholars attained a grade point average of 4.0, consisting of a minimum course load of no fewer than 12 semester hours of college-level courses or above.

Abby-Kate Helton of Atmore was named to the Mississippi State University spring 2025 President’s List.Students on the President’s List achieved a 3.80 or better grade-point average, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C.

John holds up what looks like a snake, but it isn’t. It’s a legless lizard. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher John Ham visited Atmore Public Library Friday, June 27, and he brought some friends.Ham is a naturalist with Animal Tales, “programs providing edZOOcation.” Ham also owns Animal Tales’ southeast region and is the director of operations.For the last session of the library’s summer reading program, kids got to see animals up…