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Gideons By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Alabama Lions District 34-C held its convention in Atmore about four years ago, members of the local club went all out to impress attendees and make them feel welcome. Apparently, the effort was successful.Not only have officials of the state organization chosen the city as the spot where they will hold their 97th Annual Convention, which will take place this Thursday, April 28,…

Candidate, former principal, says ‘railroaded out of county’ District 6 BOE incumbent Sherry Digmon District 6 BOE challenger Michael Bowens District 4 BOE incumbent Cindy Jackson District 4 BOE challenger John Brantley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee’s monthly meeting, held Monday evening (April 18) in the auditorium of Atmore City Hall, was a typical GOP get-together … for about 35 minutes.The highlight of the…

Flowers Rodgers Knighten White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men, a Perdido man and a Bay Minette man were among the most recent individuals arrested after city police on routine patrol pulled over their respective vehicles for various equipment violations.No tagThe first incident happened around 9:45 p.m. on April 11, when a patrol officer noticed a vehicle with no tag traveling along Martin Luther King Drive. The vehicle…

Construction on the urgent care clinic is about halfway done. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County Healthcare Authority (ECHCA) officials said last week they are more than pleased with the progress being made on making Atmore Urgent Care a reality. If the pace continues, officials said, the facility’s staff will begin seeing patients in about four months.Jason Daniel, ECHCA’s director of public affairs and marketing, said in an email…

Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 55-year-old Atmore man finds himself behind bars this week, charged with the rape several months ago of a friend’s child who had not yet reached his or her 13th birthday.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann confirmed this week that Curtis Lee Smith was arrested last Friday, April 15, after a joint investigation conducted by APD detectives and Escambia County Department of Human Resources…