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Early morning crash
An Atmore police officer takes notes at the scene of Sunday morning (March 13), one-vehicle wreck on Lindbergh Avenue, near the south entrance to Escambia County High School. The mishap reportedly occurred around 3:13 a.m. but was not discovered until two hours later. The driver of a 2008 Ford Edge left the scene after striking and damaging the gate to the school and clipping a utility pole. Several items of…
ACH starts nurse residency program
Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital has launched a Nurse Residency Program, a career path program aimed at offering a more comprehensive onboarding and education process by rotating program nurses through the four main nursing departments – med/surg, ICU, ED, and surgery.“The program will be eighteen months of full-time, paid employment with emphasis on providing in-depth, hands-on education focused on challenges faced by new nurses,” ACH Administrator Brad Lowery…
UB hosts annual advisory board meeting
Speaker Cam Maston Special to Atmore News United Bank, founded in 1904 as Bank of Atmore, was host last Thursday, March 10, to the banking company’s annual Joint Advisory Board meeting.The yearly meeting, which included dinner and a pre-dinner reception, was held at Wind Creek Atmore Casino & Hotel.The keynote speaker was Cam Marston, the nation’s leading expert on the impact of generational change and its impact on the workplace…
Safety at the bus shop
At the Atmore bus shop, from left, Timothy Dees, Billy Mills, Forrest Jones By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher I climbed the school bus steps, which seemed a little steeper than they did back in the day. I was looking for something. I looked first just in front of me – at the driver’s seat and under it. I didn’t know what I was looking for, just something out of the…
Army recruiters hold conference here
At the presentation, from left, Commander Dave Graham, Lt. Col. Toby Jones, Adjutant Paul Chason. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although Atmore was inundated with soldiers last week, there was no reason for alarm.About 80 men and women who command U.S. Army recruiting stations gathered for their Station Commander Quarterly Leadership and Development Training conference.“You haven’t seen a lot of green-suiters in the city for a while,” Lt. Col. Adrian…