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Trammell Street parking lot closing
Improvements expected to take more than 2 months By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Parking, which is sometimes in short supply in the Trammell Street parking lot, is about to become non-existent, at least for about 10 weeks. The Trammell Street parking lot will be closed from Monday, July 8, until around September 20. If you visit or work at Atmore News, the Tot Shop, Escambia Drug Store, We Care Thrift…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Inducted into the Atmore Area Hall of Fame, April 2019
Dr. Wil Baker Atmore native Wilmer E. Baker, PhD, is a 1953 graduate of Escambia County High School. He has served as Associate Dean of Clinical Resources for Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) in Dothan. Dr. Baker received his Ed.D. in Research and Psychology from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1973. He also holds an Ed.S. Specialist in Education from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1971), an…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Two Ships Passing in the Night
by DON FLETCHER   When Alex Jones and Turner Brooks parted company a year ago after working out together for the last time at Atmore Area YMCA, neither had any idea when their paths might cross again. The local servicemen certainly didn’t expect to bump into each other at a remote, multi-national military outpost more than 8,000 miles from home. But, as Alex (U.S. Navy CDR Alexander L. Jones) prepared…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
GECA tickets available
News Staff Report Tickets are available for the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ next production “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” The show is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The story is based on the “coat of many colors” story of Joseph from the Bible’s Book of Genesis. Because of the high cost of royalties for musicals, all tickets (for members…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Obituaries for week of June 30, 2019
Clifton H. Mims, Jr.  Mr. Clifton H. Mims, Jr., age 67, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Atmore to the late Clifton H. Sr. and Lorene Tucker Mims. He attended Jefferson Davis Community College and AUM of Montgomery, Ala. He was a very active member of the First United Methodist Church of Atmore where he served in many…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago