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Violent winds rip apart homes, buildings Damage to the Big Oak Trailer Park was widespread and extensive. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer More than a dozen families in Big Oak Trailer Park continued this week the task of literally and figuratively picking up the pieces of their lives after a Friday, March 18, storm system spawned savage straight-line winds that destroyed or significantly damaged at least nine mobile homes.Conflicting reports…

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Almost before the winds died down, relief efforts were under way for the victims of Friday’s storm in the Poarch community. Big Oak trailer park on Jack Springs Road was devastated with several mobile homes destroyed from straight line winds. At least six families with public school students were displaced – most of the students attending Huxford Elementary School. Escambia County School superintendent Michele McClung,…

Jones Firefighters work to cut through the home’s metal roof By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An investigator with the Alabama Fire Marshal’s Office is working to determine what caused an early-Sunday (March 20) fire that claimed the life of an 90-year-old Atmore man.Atmore Fire Chief Ron Peebles reported that firefighters discovered the body of Frank Jones inside the Ann Street home he shared with his wife, Rosie, when they were…

James By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A March 20 traffic stop led to the arrest of an Atmore man, already the subject of outstanding warrants for drug violations, on new drug charges.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that a patrol officer pulled over a vehicle driven by Roy Donta James, 41, that was traveling along Jack Springs Road with an expired tag.Reports show that James informed the officer he…

Proclaims Vietnam Veterans Week Mayor Jim Staff, second from left, presented the proclamation to VFW Memorial Auxiliary members, from left, Arlene Delafosse, Jenny Hutto, and Jackey Odom. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members voted during their Monday, March 14, meeting to lengthen the hours for off-premises sales of beer and wine on Sundays, designated an upcoming period to honor veterans of the Vietnam War and approved the…