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Balloon release for childhood cancer
Raising awareness The teachers at First Baptist Church Preschool held a balloon release for the kids Friday, September 30, for their Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness campaign. They do this every year in honor of children with cancer. This year, they especially remembered and honored Ana Lois Mercer, who could not be there due to her illness.
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Obituaries, week of October 5, 2022
Stanley Benjamin QuimbyMr. Stanley Benjamin Quimby, age 43, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, September 26, 2022 in Pensacola, Fla. He was born in Atmore to the late Stanley Buford and Sandra Lovelace Quimby. He was a 1997 graduate of Escambia County High School and earned a Bachelor’s degree from Auburn University. He was a school teacher for several years, where he was loved by all of his staff and…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Split vote
BOE rejects proposed $60K car purchase for superintendent By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Members of the Escambia County Board of Education voted — though not unanimously — during the BOE’s September 22 meeting to spend just under $94,000 for new vehicles to be driven by the school system’s three second-tier administrators but rejected a proposal to spend nearly $60,000 for a new vehicle for Superintendent Michele McClung. After a…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Parking dispute leads to attempted murder charge
Patterson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local woman was arrested September 21 and charged with attempted murder after a dispute over a parking spot at a local apartment complex escalated into a shooting incident.APD reports show that the suspect, 37-year-old Brandie Webb Patterson of Atmore, began arguing with a neighbor and several of the neighbor’s friends around 3:15 p.m., in the 200 block of Patterson Street, in reference to…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Drive-by shooting draws charges
Frye By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested September 17 and is charged with attempted murder after he drove by a local residence and fired twice at two people who were outside.Atmore Police Department reports show that officers were sent to a residence in the 100 block of Curtis Street around 11:10 a.m. in reference to shots fired.One of the intended victims followed the suspect, later identified…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago