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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer As Main Street Atmore and City of Atmore officials prepare for the upcoming grand opening of the nearly completed Boxcar / Parking Lot Project, they are looking for help in naming the CSX rail car that is the development’s focal point.According to a flyer issued by MSA, the person whose suggested name is chosen will take home $100.To enter the Name the Boxcar contest, fill…

Henderson Bright Thomas Hyatt By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four Atmore men, including one who was issued a summons and released more than a month ago due to COVID requirements at the county jail, were booked into the Escambia County Detention Center over the past week on felony drug possession charges that resulted from three separate traffic stops by city police.Norman Henderson, 39, was initially charged on January 21 with…

Hands By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center March 7, charged with making threats to his ex-wife and trying to break into her house during an ongoing dispute.Due to restrictions on accepting non-violent inmates at the county jail due to the COVID pandemic, 45-year-old Quentin Roosevelt Hands was issued a summons after a February 18 incident. He was physically arrested and processed…

Albritton Special to Atmore News The Alabama Senate recently passed the largest General Fund budget in state history, a $2.7 billion spending plan that includes repaying all money borrowed from the state’s education trust fund, an increase in mental health funding and a pay increase for state employees. Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore), who chairs the senate’s Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee, said he was more than satisfied with the…

Blue Devils to make 3rd-ever state semi-finals appearance A number of people lined Main Street Monday afternoon to cheer the Blue Devils as they left for Birmingham By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia County High School survived a field goal drought that lasted more than 5 minutes to hold off Class 4A Region 1 foe Williamson by a 53-44 margin last Thursday (February 24) and win the AHSAA Class 4A Southwest…