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HeadlinesSherry Digmon

City looks at new recycle program
With Atmore’s recycling program recently shut down, Mayor Jim Staff and Executive Assistant Celia Lambert have been researching alternatives, including visits to various facilities. Wednesday evening, December 13, the facility came to Atmore as Jim Roberts, public information officer with Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) in Pensacola, held an open meeting at Atmore City Hall. More than 30 people attended, including a number of city employees with the street department.…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Math skills add up to success for ECMS, RPES students
Students at two local schools have been — literally and figuratively — thinking through their math assignments this year, and their hard work has generated some impressive results. Based on their November success with Imagine Math’s Think Through Math curriculum, the local students claimed six of the 10 top spots in the statewide Alabama Do Math! Pay It Forward contest. Escambia County Middle School’s fourth-graders were the state’s overall winner…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Snow!
A rare series of snow showers that fell Friday night and into Saturday morning across Atmore and Escambia County proved area weathermen wrong and created a virtual Winter Wonderland for local children of all ages. Forecasters had predicted that there was a “slight chance” of wintry precipitation that could include snow falling across the area, but cautioned that locals shouldn’t expect any accumulation of the white powder, even if it…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Bond revoked
An Atmore woman who was arrested in July and accused of doing nothing to stop her mother-in-law from prostituting the woman’s teenage daughter, was back behind bars just 10 days after she finally was able to make bond. Melissa Deann Stoker, 37, spent more than four months in the Escambia County Detention Center before a $100,000 bond was posted on her behalf on November 20. That bond represented a significant…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago