Category: Community

According to Sickweather, the world’s first real-time map of human health, the following reported illness and symptoms are running rampant in the Mobile-Pensacola region, including Escambia County and Atmore: According to the health monitoring organization, fever and flu were “trending high” in and around Mobile and Pensacola during the recent Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Reports of common cold were also prevalent in this region, whereas reports of ear infection, which had become a…

By DONNA REYNOLDS Special to Atmore News Many people now avoid the crowds and do their Christmas shopping online. Experts predict that this Christmas season consumers will spend more money than ever buying gifts on the internet. Last season set new records of internet spending, and this year, more of the large retailers are targeting internet shoppers with bargains. This means that there will be more competition among these retailers,…

Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church’s Women with a Vision held their second annual Pre-Thanksgiving Community Service Tuesday, November 21. They cooked and served 200 dinners for Atmore residents. Shown are, from left, Shanda (Peaches) Williams, Josephine Norman, Brett Staples, and Theresa Martin.