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From left, front, Shinora Redmond, Ariyana Young, Yolanda Johnson, Dale Ash, Sheilo Faircloth, and J. Ross Railey; back, Nicole Jones, Cindy Coville, Freddy Alvizo, Marlo Young Special to Atmore News Main Street Atmore announces Ariyana Young as the 2024 Business Pitch Competition winner.The future owner of Nails by Ari, a company specializing in acrylic nails, press-on nails, and nail care, Ariyana is a senior at Escambia County High School and…

Karaoke winners, week 3 The Strand Theatre is hosting a karaoke contest called Alabama Idol in August. Winners from week 3, August 15, are Christin Norton, left, Judges Choice winner; Danny Protsman, middle, and Simon Bush, right, Audience Choice winners. These three will move on to the finale to compete on August 29 for the grand prize. Week 4 of competition will be Thursday August 22, 7 p.m. If anyone…

Presentation to Boy Scout Troop 26, from left, Joyce Petty, Richard Maxwell, Renee Hardy Presentation to We Are Family, from left, Joyce Petty, Patricia Cross, Adrian Frye, Anne Hetzel By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News Atmore Lions Club met in the Mayson Auditorium at Atmore Community Hospital on August 21. The meeting was called to order by president Lion Joyce Petty who also led the Pledge of Allegiance to the…

Grayson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Gov. Kay Ivey has established the date and time window during which the execution of convicted killer Carey Dale Grayson will take place.According to a letter sent from the governor to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm, the execution will take place during a 34-hour time frame that starts at midnight Thursday, November 21, and ends at 6 a.m. on Friday, November 22.Ivey…

Velma Jackson-Wilkins, left, of New York was in Atmore recently to attend a funeral. She ran into an old friend, Larry Forney. Forney was serving on the Atmore Area Hall of Fame Committee earlier this year when Jackson-Wilkins was inducted. Sadly, she was out of the country and couldn’t attend the induction ceremony in May. Forney said she still regrets she had to miss it. Forney added, it’s good to…