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Poodle show!
Kids of all ages enjoyed Michelle’s Magical Poodles Friday, June 11, at the Atmore Public Library. The pups did a number of tricks much to the delight of the audience. There was also a time for kids to pet the poodles if they wanted to. The show was part of the library’s summer reading program. This Friday’s program, 10 a.m., is a wild west show.
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Inflation is killing the working class
Congressman Jerry Carl I’m old enough to remember the horrible inflation during the 1970s, and I hope we never live through something like that again. I will never forget driving to work one Friday in 1979, when I was hoping I had enough gas to make it to work that day and get my paycheck. I scrambled for every penny I could find and bought as much gas as I…
by Submitted Article access_time5 years ago
Named to UA honors lists
A total of 11,813 students enrolled during the spring 2021 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all A’s).The UA Dean’s and President’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or to undergraduate students who take less than a full course…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
No parole for local man, woman
White Hawkins By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Escambia County man who has been imprisoned for nearly 16 years and an Escambia County woman who has been in prison for nearly three years will each remain behind bars after they were denied parole during hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles.Stacy Hawkins, 40, was sentenced in Escambia County Circuit Court to serve 20 years after his conviction on…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
City council OKs new traffic cameras
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members voted unanimously during the Monday, June 14, meeting to approve the purchase of several new cameras for the city police department’s traffic surveillance system.The measure, which had been discussed earlier this year during a council work session, passed by a 4-0 vote (District 5’s Chris Harrison was absent), after about 90 seconds of discussion from Police Chief Chuck Brooks.“In a previous…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago