Category: Community

Special to Atmore News Escambia County High School student Olivia Simmons is among the students who were selected to participate in a tour of the nation’s capital during June. The Washington D.C. National Rural Electric Youth Tour, sponsored by local electric cooperatives, the Alabama Rural Electric Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, is part of a grassroots program to educate high school juniors on the electric cooperative program…

News Staff Report Sixteen young ladies are participating in this year’s Distinguished Young Women program to be held in July. They represent all five high schools in Escambia County: Escambia Academy (EA), Escambia County High School (ECHS), Flomaton High School (FHS),T.R. Miller High School (TRM), and W.S. Neal High School (WSN). Contestants are as follows: Chelsea Black, FHS; Chloe Carden, FHS; McKenzie Faulk, FHS; Sarah Grace Gerety, TRM; Christiara Jones,…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Each of the special weekly presentations that were part of Atmore Public Library’s 2018 Summer Reading Program featured at least one animal. Each included some interaction between those animals and the youngsters who were part of the program. But the number of creatures and the degree of interaction increased significantly during the June 18 season finale, which was presented by Uncle Joe’s Rolling Zoo…

Atmore Community Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships to individuals pursuing studies in a medical related field. Students must be currently enrolled in a healthcare program and must have completed at least one year at an accredited school. Graduate students will also be considered. Previous applicants may re-apply. Students must live in the Atmore geographic area. Applications may be picked up at Atmore Community Hospital Gift Shop or online infirmaryhealth.org/hospitals/atmore-community-hospital. The…