Atmore News

The stabbing death of Mobile police officer Steven Green last Friday has rocked law enforcement departments throughout the region - including Atmore and Escambia County.

Atmore area residents, community leaders ad visitors gathered together Saturday morning at Atmore Family Life Center for the fifth annual Prayer Breakfast honoring the late Rosa Parks.

Atmore firefighters attracted some attention from passing motorists Thursday afternoon as they engaged in training activities during the controlled burn of a home on North Main Street.

The new Hampton Inn at Rivercane should be open for business in mid-to-late February.

Omicron Delta Kappa at Troy University proudly announces Alaina Arnold, of Atmore, has recently been inducted as a member.

A breakfast will be held Saturday to commemorate the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, the Atmore Advance reported .

The World Wide Web site for "Leo Laporte the Tech Guy" , a syndicated radio program about computers and other electronic devices, lists the location for WPNN-AM , a station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, as "Mobile-Pensacola , FL", even though Mobile is not within the broadcast ranges of the station and Mobile and Pensacola are considered separate ... (more)

Born and raised in the south and being honest, I have spent most of my life trying to remove myself from my legacy.

That was the message guest speaker Billy J. Brown II wanted to convey to attendees of the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce's 66th annual meeting Thursday night at the John F. Rhodes Civic Center.

January has kicked the year off with a mix of rain and sunshine, but the surprise has been the unusually warm temperatures that have plagued Atmore as well as the county and state.

Spring is still a month away, but with the change of seasons approaching, the national pastime will return to Atmore as sign ups for Atmore Cal Ripken Baseball will begin next weekend.

United Bank officials have announced comedian Jerry Carroll will headline its 2012 Agriculture Appreciation Expo & Luncheon.

Atmore authorities are still searching for a white man who fled the scene of a single vehicle accident Monday night around 10 p.m., according to a story in the Atmore Advance .

Atmore native George William Sellers has recently published a new book, "The Windswept Clouds of Winter," that he said was inspired by his boyhood interests.

As work gets under way at the Early Childhood Center, community interest in the Troy City Schools' pre-kindergarten program is building.

An Atmore woman may be facing charges in Escambia County Florida after causing a two-vehicle accident early Friday morning on Highway 29, south of Cox Road.

Dr. Coleman Wallace joined the race for school board Thursday, officially announcing his candidacy for the Escambia County Board of Education.

Officials with United Bank have announced it will offer free tax preparation and filing assistance to residents across its footprint as part of the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program .

"Family time." Those were the words Atmore native Sgt. John Wardrop used to describe how he has been using his time back at home after spending a year in Afghanistan with the 1165th Military Police battalion of the Alabama National Guard.

While growing up in South Alabama, Dr. Joy Baird knew from an early age she wanted to be a veterinarian.