Category: Community

Julia Grant, 8, and her family came from Molino to attend the festival. Lane McGhee, 8, and a new friend By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Turtle Point Science Center in Flomaton hosted a Butterfly Festival Saturday, April 5. Folks were invited into the Shirley West Butterfly House to see butterflies up close and personal – even on a finger.In addition, Jimmy Stiles presented an amphibian show and a reptile show during…

Reviewing a wound patient’s chart, from left, CRNP Keith Classen, RN Clinical Coordinator Jennifer Campbell, and CRNP Matthew Barnett With the award, from left, RN Vanessa Carr, Dr. Layla Lundquist, RN Clinical Coordinator Jennifer Campbell, RN Robin Howell and RN Robin Creel. Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital announced ACH Wound Care Clinic is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s highest achievement, the Wound Center of Excellence Award. Recipients of this…

Omar Redmon, left, and Don Metzler From left, Patty and Jerry Davis talk with Omar Redmon and Don Metzler following the program By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher We Care Spring Tour ended Saturday night, March 30, with the Prison Ministry Banquet held at Grace Fellowship in Atmore. (The event had been rescheduled from March 15 due to inclement weather.)We Care President Don Metzler said the team on this year’s tour traveled…

Students attending the Montgomery Youth Tour are, from left, front, Caroline Kilgore, Kahlie Huff, Imari Lemon, Alexia Olson, Paisley Brooks; middle, Tevin McClain, Jack Lipscomb, Sarah Paige Schultz, Addison Green; back, Jackson Millender, Aidan Haecker, Murfee Williams March 11-13, 2025 Southern Pine Electric Co-op took 12 high school juniors to Montgomery to participate in the 2025 Montgomery Youth Tour. While in Montgomery, students heard from motivational speaker Craig Hillier and…

ADPH conducts investigation Special to Atmore News The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has been notified that an unvaccinated child traveling through the state this month has tested positive for measles. ADPH is conducting an investigation and has learned the probable settings where the child could have exposed others.Measles is a serious viral respiratory illness that lives in the nose and throat mucus of infected people. Approximately 300 measles…