Author: Atmore News

In an article on the May 24 primary elections that appeared in the May 11 edition of Atmore News, some information apparently came from an obsolete website that carried erroneous information.The article stated that Stephen Sexton, who is challenging Greg Albritton for the District 22 seat in the Alabama Senate, was a farmer. The candidate said the error was published when he told the person composing it that he “was…

News Staff Report Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials announced that a Milton, Fla. man, injured April 23 in a single-vehicle wreck on Cowpen Creek Road, succumbed to his injuries.Reports by ALEA state troopers show that Stephen K. Lodge, 52, was critically injured when the 2020 Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was operating left the roadway and overturned around 5 p.m. that afternoon.Lodge was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital, where he passed…

A tow truck operator prepares to remove this Volkswagen sedan from a Robinsonville Road ditch after the unidentified driver apparently lost control around 3:30 p.m. Monday afternoon (May 16), then ran off the roadway and traveled several yards before the vehicle rolled over at least once. Damage to the car was extensive; the driver reportedly refused medical transport. Firefighters from Barnett Crossroads, Little Rock and Atmore were dispatched to the…