Category: Community

By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News Being the second best boys basketball team in Alabama is still something to brag about.While the Escambia High Blue Devils didn’t win the final game of the season, the players can hold their heads high knowing they made it to the state championship for the first time in the school’s history.Principal Amy Cabaniss is incredibly proud of the team and said their season has…

Players, coaches, and guests, from left, front, Stephen Williams, Hakeem Johnson, Deborah Thomas, Amy Cabaniss, Leslie Sellers, Shawn Lassiter, Jim Staff; back, Willie Knight, Devin Robinson, Anthony McCants, LaCarlos Thomas, Quentin Higgins. Players, coaches and pastor, from left, front, Quentin Higgins, Hakeem Johnson, Willie Knight, Pastor Josh Long, Layton Knight; back, Anthony McCants, LaCarlos Thomas. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Pastor Josh Long and the congregation at Unity Baptist Church deviated…

Special to Atmore News The State of Alabama is offering grants up to $10,320 for volunteer fire departments that meet eligibility requirements. Total approved disbursements will be awarded to eligible applicants. The Alabama Volunteer Fire Department Grants are to support volunteer fire departments that have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The application process for this grant program is being administered by the Alabama Department of Finance. The application…

The Grant family, from left, Ali, Emma Kate, Bryson, Gracelynn, Jodie, Brian. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Friends of an Atmore family, of which four members were injured in a violent January car crash that claimed the life of a Flomaton man, are raising money to help the family make a dent in the ongoing medical bills and other expenses related to the wreck.Brian Grant and his three daughters —…