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Rosa Parks Breakfast set
News Staff Report Each year, Rosa Parks’ legacy as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement is honored with a prayer breakfast on a date near her birth date. This year, Lillie Johnson and her group (the Yellow Hat Society) will host the 14th annual event Saturday, February 1, 9 a.m., in the Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall. Everyone age 16 and older is invited to attend…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Ambulance merger
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This article is the first in a two-part series on the announced merger of Atmore Ambulance Service and ASAP EMS-Ambulance and how the merger should improve response times in medical emergencies. City of Atmore officials are still unclear on the details of the transaction, but are keeping their fingers crossed that a reported merger between the city’s two private ambulance services — Atmore…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries, week of January 19,2020
Earlene Killam Hayles Mrs. Earlene Killam Hayles, age 90, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in Century, Fla. She was a native of Byrneville, Fla. and resided in Lottie, Ala. since 1954.  She was founder of the “Lottie Quilting Club”, worked in the cafeteria of Perdido School and owned a catering business. She attended Lottie Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-one years, Calvin Hayles;…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Food scores released
The following Escambia County food / lodging establishment ratings were released by the Alabama Department of Public Health for December. Ratings are ranked by score, low to high. FSE = Food Service Establishment Church’s Chicken, Atmore, 83, FSE Diamond #23, Hwy. 21 N., Atmore, 87, FSE Kentucky Fried Chicken, Atmore, 88, FSE Brewton Food Mart, Inc., Brewton, 88, FSE Pizza Hut, Flomaton, 91, FSE Arby’s, 1411 S. Main, Atmore, 92,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Applications accepted for fruit, vegetable vouchers
Escambia County Agency on Aging officials announced that applications for fruit and vegetable vouchers are now being accepted. Those who wish to obtain vouchers must be age 60 or over, and household income limits apply. For more information, call the Agency on Aging at 251-368-1032 and choose option 7. Those calling need to have their total household income and the last four digits of their social security number ready when…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago