Category: Community

Students attending the Montgomery Youth Tour, from left, front, Abby Cooper, Kylee Walton, Kendall Plunkett, Paisley Donaldson, Secily Carter, Tyra Lindsey, Ashley Parra, Ella Robinson; back, Harper Harrison, Jackson King, Cayden Powell, Myles Johnson. Special to Atmore News March 13-15, Southern Pine Electric Co-op took 12 high school juniors to Montgomery to participate in the 2024 Montgomery Youth Tour. While in Montgomery, students heard from motivational speaker Craig Hillier and…

Ayden Bonner of Atmore was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham.Dean’s List Scholars attained a grade point average of 3.5 consisting of a minimum course load of not fewer than 12 semester hours of college-level courses or above.

The Yellow Hat Society provided lunch for Escambia County school officials, Central Office staff, board members, and guests Friday, March 22. Lunch was actually a fish fry with all the trimmings. Shown are members of the Yellow Hat Society, from left, Shelia Johnson, Tongia Moore, Dale Ash, Tawanna Thomas, Ruthie Adams, Doris Knight and Janice Reynolds. Seated is Yellow Hats President Lillie Johnson.

From left, Coach Harris, Defensive Player of the Year Michael French, Offensive Player of the Year Jamarion Robinson, Most Valuable Player of the Year Lorenzo Arnold Jr. Rev. Michael Wilson, left, and Principal Layton Knight Rev. Harold Askew, left, and Principal Layton Knight Coach and Principal Layton Knight, left, with his family, front, his children, Layton Jr., Lennox, and Laylani; back, wife Chelsea, dad Leo Benjamin, aunt Jennie Ferrell, mom…

The Community Foundation of South Alabama had a general information session March 13 in Mobile. Danielle Dunbar, Executive Director of Alabama Association of Nonprofits, spoke about the state of nonprofits in Alabama. There are 5,578 Alabama nonprofits who filed a tax form 990. The grant process for South Alabama begins March 29, 2024. Atmore was represented by three grant writers: Foster Kizer, left, with Pride, of Atmore; Kathleen VanSoest, center,…