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Early Christmas celebration morphs into memorial
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An early Christmas celebration planned for a Baldwin County car enthusiast with terminal cancer turned into a memorial celebration on Saturday, July 21, when the scheduled guest of honor — Ewing Darrell “Bubba” Ardis of Lottie — died peacefully in his sleep just hours before the event was scheduled to start. Ardis didn’t get to see the rat-rod infused car show that was held,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Plenty to do
July 28 a busy day By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Anyone in and around Atmore who feels that there is little or nothing to do on weekends won’t be able to make that claim this Saturday. A busy July 28 local calendar includes an annual back-to-school festival, the debut of a faith-based gathering and a scholarship pageant for young women. On top of all that, there’s a fundraising bake…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Virtual academy opens this year
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer For Amy Cabaniss, the goal is simple and it’s personal – a high school education for every eligible student. Sometimes achieving that goal is easier said than done. For some students, the brick and mortar building is school. For other students, for various reasons, the building and the classroom are not the perfect setting. This year, students have an option – Escambia County Virtual…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
New hospital planned
ACH opts out of Infirmary management agreement By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Community Hospital Board and Escambia County Healthcare Authority have exercised a contractual option and will soon end their joint management agreement with Infirmary Health. According to a July 18 letter issued jointly by ECHA Chair Ruth Harrell and ACHB Chair Nancy Lowery and addressed to hospital staff and physicians, the contract with Infirmary provides for a…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Loxley Work Release escapee recaptured here
Alabama Department of Corrections officials have announced this morning’s (Monday, July 23) recapture of a state inmate who was one of two to escape from Loxley Work Release early this morning, and who later crashed his getaway car into a pole at the Chevron station at Exit 57. Damon Rashad Dinsmore and Cantorius Alan White escaped around sunrise from the minimum security facility, in Baldwin County. White was captured by…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago