Category: Community

Special to Atmore News Atmore will share in the $25.5 million being invested statewide by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help rural businesses and farmers through business expansion and technical assistance.According to a press release issued jointly by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Nivory Gordon, director of Alabama’s USDA Rural Development, the agency has allocated $2.1 million in loan guarantees to United Bank to assist the Coastal…

Special to Atmore News The Brewton community will gather to honor the memory of the late Coach Darrell Blevins at a ceremony on the Coastal Alabama Community College baseball field in Brewton at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5. Blevins, a respected coach, instructor, and deacon at First Baptist Church of Brewton, was head baseball coach of the Warhawks for 15 seasons. He passed away in August 2021.In his honor,…

Escambia Academy held Senior Night Tuesday, January 25. Seniors honored are, from left, Lillie Lanham, Jamison Janes, Brian Brown, Tomorrion Knight, Kanye Hooks, Rayvon Barnes, Landon Sims, Bubba Nettles.

The University of Alabama released names of students on honors lists for the 2021 fall term.Students were named to the dean’s list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president’s list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s).Students from Atmore on honors lists are as follows:Nealy Wiggins – President’s ListChelsea Black – President’s ListAnna Grace Janes of Atmore – Dean’s ListDisha Patel – President’s ListParker Reynolds…

CACC President Dr. Craig Pouncey, center, joined members working on the food drive By COASTAL ALABAMA STAFFSpecial to Atmore News Students throughout Coastal Alabama Community College donated money, goods, and services over the recent holiday season to positively impact 50 families in need, throughout Baldwin, Escambia, and Mobile counties.For more than 20 years, the local Pi Psi Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has facilitated the annual food…