Top Stories

ECTS alumni spreads love
Special to Atmore News The Escambia County Training School (Golden Eagles) Alumni Gathering meets annually, hosted by the ECTS Class of 1967. While it’s a time of fellowship across several classes, it’s also a time to give back to the community. The Gathering collects funds for an ongoing scholarship project for high school students, but they also select special projects. This year, they delivered blankets (provided by Delinda Kidd), stuffed…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
News, magazine holiday schedule
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher While we’re “rockin’ around the Christmas tree” and singing Auld Lang Syne, we’re also working around a scheduling nightmare. First, Atmore News. Our regular publish date is December 25. That week, we’ll publish the paper on Monday, December 23. We’ll do our home delivery and fill the racks and inside store sales that evening. The office will be closed Tuesday through Thursday, December 24-26. The…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Jail shakedown
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An early morning raid of the Escambia County Detention Center, conducted Saturday, December 14, resulted in the discovery of only a small amount of contraband. And that has Sheriff Heath Jackson smiling. More than 40 law enforcement personnel, including ECDC officers, local sheriff’s deputies and a special team of officers from Baldwin County Corrections Center, secured the jail at 5 a.m. and conducted a…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Christmas parade!
Thousands lined the streets Saturday evening, December 14, for the annual Christmas parade. This year’s theme was Dr. Seuss. Atmore Community “Who-Spital” (at left) won first place and Poarch Facilities (at right) won the Judges Award for “Oh, The Places You’ll Go.” The Lions Club float won second place and K-9 Kleaners was third.
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Design Team
Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce officials, along with officials of several local business and industrial concerns, a state representative and a county commissioner unveiled Tuesday, December 17, the latest effort at local marketing and workforce development. The event, held at ECHS’s Hodnette Auditorium, was to display the first four of 17 steel trains that will eventually be displayed throughout the Atmore area, similar to the Pelicans in Paradise initiative in…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago