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FEMA approves county for relief
Meeting at city hall to discuss storm damage were, from left, Raymond Wiggins, Greg Albritton, Ron Peebles, Will Ainsworth, Jim Staff, Chuck Brooks. News Staff Report Escambia was one of three Alabama counties designated as eligible for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Individual Assistance program under the Major Disaster Declaration signed by President Trump on Monday, September 20, for damage and losses from Hurricane Sally. The Category 2 hurricane…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Sally’s wrath
Toppled trees, flooding plague city, area As soon as weather permitted, residents and city employees started trying to clear driveways and streets. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer For the past three years, Atmore and the immediate area have escaped the wrath of major storms that have wreaked havoc on neighboring counties. Not this time. When Hurricane Sally stormed out of the Gulf of Mexico at Gulf Shores last Wednesday…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries, week of September 20, 2020
MacArthur Davis  Davis Mr. MacArthur Davis, age 77, of Barnett Crossroads, Ala., passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Century, Fla. to the late Mitchell O’Neal and Hazel Beatrice Lambert Davis. He served in the United States Army; former Police Chief of the City of Atmore; retired investigator with the Southern Portion of the State of Alabama Department of Corrections. He was a Mason,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Controlling feral swine
Critical watershed in Escambia County Special to Atmore News The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee (ALSWCC) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA / APHIS’s Wildlife Services and Alabama Association of Conservation Districts (AACD) to address feral hog control. Alabama has been awarded $3.7 million through the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (FSCP) to control feral hogs in selected watersheds.…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
First RP Star Students for the year
The Rachel Patterson Elementary School Star Students for August are, from left, front, Brayleigh Staples, Journee Pettway, Serenity King, Aiden Crenshaw, Keele Watson, Treyson House, Kammarion Nichols, Khloe Craig, Luke Barnett, Laikyn Clifton; back, Za Nyiah Simpson, Micah Crenshaw, Jakaden King, Zoryiah Bayne, Adayla Thomas, Caleb Swindle, Logan Taylor, Ma’Kayla Jones, Tymiyan McKenzie, Castophney Dailey. Not pictured are Lela Gaines, James Wilson and Aubrey Holland.
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago