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Children’s Policy Council awarded grants
Eric Coale, left, and Karean Reynolds with grant checks Special to Atmore News The Escambia County Children’s Policy Council (CPC) announced this week that it has received grants totaling $105,000.00 to implement programs in the Atmore community. Karean L. Reynolds, the CPC’s executive director, said he submitted competing applications with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and Alabama Department of Abuse and Neglect to secure funding to address…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Road rage arrest
Boggan By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Brewton man was arrested October 11 after he allegedly fired several shots from a handgun at a Baldwin County woman’s car as she drove along Interstate 65 in Escambia County, just north of Atmore. Sheriff Heath Jackson reported last week that 44-year-old Robert E. Boggan Jr. was taken into custody in connection with the road rage incident. Boggan is charged with one…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Walk 2020
Women of Distinction held their annual Walk to the Park Saturday, October 17. The group and friends who joined them walk for people affected by cancer – the warriors, the survivors, the fallen. WOD helps area cancer victims with gas cards and other assistance. The Walk started at city hall and ended at Houston Avery Park. Shown are some of the participants in this year’s walk on Carver Avenue.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Only 18 new COVID-19 cases in county
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The rate of COVID-19 continued to remain relatively stable in Escambia County over the past four days, although 18 new cases were confirmed among county residents out of 493 specimens collected since October 16. Escambia has now seen 1,713 confirmed cases since the pandemic began, with 28 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Less than half of those were from specimens collected at the…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Supercomputer authority members visit APL
Attending the October 16 meet-and-greet were, from left, Sen. Greg Albritton, Cory Hill, Eunice Johnson, Shawn Lassiter, Hope Lassiter, Walter Overby, Debra Wallace and Rep. Alan Baker. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Not many everyday people know what the Alabama Supercomputer Authority is, or what it does. But to librarians across the state, the organization is well known and of vast importance. ASA is also important to those who…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago