| Atmore Advance | |
| Type: | Twice-weekly Newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Owners: | Morris Newspaper Corporation/Boone Newspapers Inc. |
| Publisher: | Andrew Garner |
| Editor: | Andrew Garner |
| Circulation: | 2,171 |
| Headquarters: | Escambia County, Alabama |
| Oclc: | 9848767 |
| Issn: | 0746-1968 |
The Atmore Advance was founded in 1927 in Atmore, Alabama.[1] It has a circulation of approximately 2,000, and serves Atmore and surrounding Escambia County, Alabama.[2] It is published each Wednesday by Atmore Newspapers, Inc.[3]
Through its early history the editorial board was supportive of the Democratic Party. However, the editorial board broke with tradition in 1964, endorsing Republican Barry Goldwater for President.[4]
In 1979 the paper was purchased by Morris Newspaper Corporation from long-time owner Bob Morrisette.[5] Morrisette, who had bought the paper in 1959 with Philipp Sokol,[6] was a past president of the Alabama Press Association. He stayed on with the board of the directors during the transition.