Category: Community

Andrews Fails Wiggins Payne Fite By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer James Kevin Andrews, 48, of Atmore was arrested November 26 by Poarch Creek Indians police on several charges.No details were available, but the Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) website shows that Andrews is charged with one count each of making a terroristic threat, public intoxication, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.A new law that went into effect September 1 makes a…

By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club held its last meeting in November on November 15, in the Mayson Auditorium of Atmore Community Hospital. President Lion Renee Hardy opened the meeting, led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, and gave the prayer and blessing. Following lunch, members were encouraged to help with the Alabama Lions Sight eye exams at the Escambia County Health Department on November…

By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher A number of people spent Thanksgiving serving others in Atmore. They were part of Gordon’s Giving, an initiative by the late Gordon Nichols’ family – dad and mom Randy and Melissa and sister Walton. They honor Gordon’s memory by providing meals to first responders and many others on Thanksgiving Day.The group worked at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church Boland Hall. Randy said they delivered 208 meals…

By BONNIE LATINOSpecial to Atmore News Shortly before Thanksgiving, longtime Atmore resident and Harley Davidson rider Mike Walters had to run to the store. Walters said as he started to straddle one of his older bikes, he looked down and “ … This is what I saw!”At first he thought it was a copperhead. Fortunately it was a gray rat snake, a common nonvenomous reptile often found in Alabama. This…

Judge Karean Reynolds recently donated $5,000 to Rachel Patterson Elementary School on behalf of the Escambia County Commission. The funds will be used to fund various academic initiatives and incentives for student achievement and growth in reading and math. Shown at the presentation are, from left, Karean Reynolds, RPES principal Toya McMillian, math coach Caroline Hughes, third- and fourth-grade interventionist Lauren Beasley, guidance counselor Teresa Crayton.