Atmore News

Special to Atmore News Atmore residents who weren’t able to fill a shoebox for the recent Operation Christmas Child campaign before the local collection center closed, can still help send the message of God’s love to children around the world.While Atmore-area volunteers celebrate the success of this year’s local project, the organization announced that there is still time to share hope and love with children overseas by packing a gift-filled…

News Staff Report Powerhouse Sports, an area media company dedicated to promotion through various social media sources of local sports teams in Alabama, Florida and parts of Georgia, has released its first All-Escambia County (Ala.) football team.The 17-player first team includes five players from Escambia County High School, five from T.R. Miller High, four from Flomaton and three from W.S. Neal.The first-team blue Devils are quarterback Dakota DeSpain, wide receiver…

From left, Jimmie Marshall, Rachel Patterson Elementary School Principal Toya McMillian and Pastor Catadro North pose December 16 with some of the food supplied by Empowerment Tabernacle through its ongoing ministry and partnership with RPES. The local church, which partners with Feeding the Gulf Coast to distribute food in Escambia, Monroe and Conecuh counties, furnishes “about 75” RPES students each day with healthy foods.

From left, Detrick Riley, Yterecia Davis, Erica Cunningham, Paul Martin, Toya McMillian, Leslie Sellers By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A new alliance between a local school and a local prison will allow four students, for whom Christmas looked bleak, to now enjoy a gift-filled holiday.The partnership, between the staff of Fountain Correctional Facility and the students at Rachel Patterson Elementary School, evolved from a relationship that was formed long ago,…

Leslie Gonzalez, at left, prays with a local woman during the December 17 Renovation Ministries event at Westside Park. The afternoon affair was billed as a toy giveaway, and age-appropriate toys were distributed by ticket number. Gift certificates from several local businesses were included in the giveaway, but the occasion also included preaching, praying, singing and free food. More than 50 people attended the event, despite chilly winds.