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RP students celebrate
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Rachel Patterson Elementary School went down in history last week when the school was selected one of 21 Alabama Bicentennial Schools of Excellence, based on the success of its Pandas for Pets partnership with the Atmore / PCI Animal Shelter. The presentation was made by Gov Kay Ivey Tuesday, September 3, in Montgomery with RP principal John Brantley, Escambia County Superintendent of Education John Knott,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Taste is next week
News Staff Report The 17th Annual Taste of the South is coming up. Mark your calendar for Thursday, September 19, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Heritage Park. The event, sponsored by the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce, gives everyone a chance to sample some great food. Every year, participants in Taste of the South compete for awards and braggin’ rights: * Best Taste of the South – Commercial *…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
It’s 96 for Legion Post 90
News Staff Report Members of Billy Glenn Rushing American Legion Post 90 are celebrating two milestones this week. The American Legion is 100 years old and Atmore’s Post 90 is 96 years old. You’re invited to celebrate with them this Thursday, September 12, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Legion, corner of Church and Main. Commander Ron Bradstreet of the American Legion Department of Alabama, a veteran of…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Obituaries for week of September 8, 2019
Melvin L. Carpenter Mr. Melvin L. Carpenter, age 74, passed away Friday, August 30, 2019 in Pensacola, Fla. He was a native and former resident of Atmore, Ala. and had resided in Bay Minette, Ala. for the past fifty-nine years. He was retired from Atlantic Marine and Alabama Dry Dock as a machinist with over thirty years of service. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Former Neal AP charged with willful child abuse
Donald Eugene Hardyman, a former assistant principal at W.S. Neal Middle School, was arrested August 30 after an investigation into altercation between Hardyman and a student. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson reported that sheriff’s officers were called to the Escambia County Board of Education’s Central Office August 9 to investigate a complaint of the altercation. The results of the ECSO investigation were presented to a grand jury, which handed up…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago