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RAG to present ‘Robin Hood’
The Railway Arts Guild’s next production, “Robin Hood,” will be performed in two locations. February 23 and 24 in Brooks Memorial Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 904 McRae Street, Atmore, 7 p.m., with doors opening 30 minutes prior. March 2 and 3 at Catawba Springs Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 5110 Old Highway 31, Brewton, 7:30 p.m., for March 2, and 2 p.m. for March 3.Tickets are $10 each and can be…
Council extends timber contract date
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In the only action taken during the Atmore City Council’s Monday, February 12, meeting, council members approved an extension of the deadline for completing a contract to cut city-owned timber near Atmore Industrial Park.District 3’s Eunice Johnson was unable to attend the meeting, but the other four council members gave unanimous approval to the measure, which stretches the date of completion for the timber harvesting…
Digmon, Fletcher invited to speak at Berkeley
By Atmore News Staff Atmore News publisher and co-owner Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher — both arrested last October for allegedly revealing grand jury secrets — have been invited to speak about the experience at this year’s Reva & David Logan Symposium on Investigative Reporting.The Symposium, held each April on the campus of University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), is set for April 19-21.The invitation to participate in the…
Back to jail
No new charges,but Digmon ‘reprocessed’ into ECDC Digmon leaves the jail after being booked again. Digmon Atmore News Staff Although no new charges were filed against her and she didn’t have to spend any time behind bars, a legal technicality forced Atmore News Publisher and Co-owner Sherry Digmon — who also represents District 6 on the county school board — to go through the Escambia County Detention Center booking process…
‘Dream season’
Young EA squads fall short in AISA Class A title quests The team and coaches with their trophy, from left, front, Bradley Spann, Hayden Sheets, Cameran Bryan, Y’Darius McNeal, Jamarion Crenshaw, Traegan James, Isaac Radcliff, Ty McCants, Coach Jerome Webster; back, Coach Larry Nichols, Charlie Sasser, Ronta Watson, Quinton Odom, Luke Bell. EA members of the AISA Class A All-Tournament Team, Ty McCants, left, and Ronta Watson By DON FLETCHERNews…