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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Perdido man died at a Florida hospital shortly after being flown there by medical evacuation helicopter after a truck he was working on reportedly slipped from a jack or set of ramps and fell on him.Reports show that the man, later identified as 50-year-old Ronnie Whatley, suffered massive trauma of the head and chest and succumbed to the injuries shortly after arrival at Ascension…

Veteran Glenn Jernigan, left, places a flag on the fire. At right is Legion Commander Dave Graham. Brenda Gradia helps her granddaughter, Charlotte Gantt, retire a flag. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The holiday observance held in Atmore last Friday, November 11, was all about flags. The gathering was to hoist a new flag, retire several old ones, and to honor the men and women who fought under the banner…

Special to Atmore News After a two-year break due to COVID, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians will once again celebrate one of its most unique Thanksgiving traditions with its Annual Pow Wow.The two-day celebration, which will be held Thursday, November 24, (Thanksgiving Day), and Friday, November 25, marks the 50th anniversary of the gathering on Poarch’s reservation lands that began in 1971 as a homecoming celebration for Tribal members.Defined…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council, with two members absent and Mayor Jim Staff taking part in the votes, approved during the panel’s Monday, November 14, meeting the purchase of software for in-car computers and printers that were donated to Atmore Police Department.District 4’s Shawn Lassiter was reportedly snowed in at an out-of-state airport, and District 1’s Webb Nall was sick, causing each to miss the session.The council…

Children, younger adults hit hardest By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer With one eye still on an anticipated resurgence of COVID over the upcoming winter, health officials across the state and nation are now forced to deal with the early arrival of what is already an active influenza season.“This is the highest flu activity that we have seen this early in the season since the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic,” Dr. Wes…