Year: 2019

Atmore News

Mardi Gras parade set
News Staff Report Atmore’s Elegant Ladies of Essence will sponsor a Mardi Gras parade through the city on Saturday, March 2. The parade is set to begin at 1 p.m. from Atmore City Hall. Entrants will begin lining up at noon. Ladies of Essence is seeking floats, cars, trucks, motorcycles and other entries to join in the fun. There is no fee to participate in the parade. The caravan will…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Loxley woman involved in rollover
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Baldwin County woman apparently escaped with only minor injuries after a blown tire caused her vehicle to leave U.S. 31 in a curve just outside Atmore, clip a utility pole, then roll over and slide onto its side in a ditch next to a local salvage yard. According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the single-vehicle crash occurred around 10 a.m. Sunday, February 17,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
‘Peter Rabbit’ opens this week
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ next production might sound like it’s a show just for kids. But “The Adventures of Peter Rabbit” is for adults as well. The play is actually two stories in one – it’s about Peter Rabbit, but it’s also about the author Beatrix Potter. In addition, there are five stories within the “Adventures” which means you’ll see many actors…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Jailhouse rocked!
An inmate pleads his case to Sheriff Heath Jackson during the shakedown. Shakedown produces drugs, weapons, more By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson and sheriff’s office investigators continued this week to search for the means through which numerous items of contraband — including weapons, drugs, tobacco and other banned items — found their way into the county jail. According to press release issued last week…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries for week of February 17, 2019
Jamal D’Onte Duggans Mr. Jamal D’Onte Duggans, age 18, of Brewton, Ala., passed away Friday, February 8, 2019 at Baptist Hospital, South in Montgomery, Ala. as a result of a gunshot. He attended T.R. Miller High School. He enjoyed playing football, basketball, and rapping. Mr. Duggans is survived by his mother, Tasha (Peterson) Duggans of Brewton; his father, Jerriod Duggans, Sr. of Key West, Fla.; three brothers, Devonte Peterson and…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago