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Educational overview
Six Escambia County School System officials appeared at the September 28 session of Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s Breakfast With an Elected Official. The executive-level educators provided about 20 local business people with an update and overview of the progress made within the system, including an improved showing on standardized tests, over the past 12 months. Shown, from left, are Chamber President Chris Singleton, Superintendent John Knott, Escambia County High…
Robbery suspects sought – Local Walgreens latest target
  Click on the below link to view the video trim.49E4D109-588B-4C4E-BA1E-95F82750082B City police detectives are still trying to determine the identities of two masked men, one of them brandishing a handgun, who rushed into the Atmore Walgreens last week and made off with an unspecified quantity of prescription medications and an undisclosed amount of cash. Police Chief Chuck Brooks revealed late last week that city police were sent to the…
Ribs on Ridgeley set
The smell of grilled meat and the hope of downtown revitalization will fill the air along Ridgeley Street on Thursday, October 12, when Pride of Atmore hosts Ribs on Ridgeley, which last made an appearance in 2015. A series of tables will become one long dining space in the middle of the city street, from Main to Trammell streets, as ribs lovers gather to satisfy their own taste buds and…
Council approves $11.45M budget
Atmore City Council members received a token of appreciation from a local veterans auxiliary, approved a static operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, purchased five new police vehicles and gave approval to three other items on a busier-than-usual agenda during their Monday, September 25, meeting. After the invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and a silent reading and vocal approval of the minutes from the council’s last session, Gayle Johnson and…