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Small Business Saturday
News Staff Report This Saturday, November 28, recognized the world over as Small Business Saturday is a shopping holiday held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in the United States, one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. The special “shop small” period was created by American Express and was first observed in the United States on November 27, 2010. It is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Crash claims life
Bailey By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man was killed Friday, November 21, when the pickup in which he was a passenger was struck broadside by another vehicle. Alabama State Troopers reported that 34-year-old Jacob Oryan “Jake” Bailey, lost his life as a result of the violent collision, which occurred around 1:30 p.m. on U.S. 31, at its intersection with 21st Avenue. Trooper reports indicate that the pickup,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Still meals-only at Atmore’s SAIL Center
Charlotte Purvis chats with Ray Lowery as she hands him a meal. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Atmore’s Senior Activity for Independent Living (SAIL) Center is unable to provide the array of activities its clients have gotten used to. There is one key service, though, that has continued — in a different format — without interruption. “We are still feeding our clients, Monday through…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
No evidence of arson in country club fire
Almost all of the damage was to the building’s vinyl siding. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although some people feel differently, authorities are fairly certain an early-Monday (November 16) fire that caused moderate damage to the clubhouse at Atmore Country Club was not purposely set. “We have not determined what caused the fire, but we’ve pretty much determined it wasn’t arson,” said Atmore Fire Department Chief Ron Peebles. “There…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Heroes Highway
Medal of Honor recipients to be honored with U.S. 31 signs Manning Seay By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Most people outside Escambia County, Alabama — as well as most people inside Escambia County, Alabama — don’t know it, but the county is one of the few rural districts in the U.S. that were home to two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. That’s about to change. Billy Gates, commander of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago