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Atmore woman faces felony drug charge
Rolin By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman faces a felony drug charge after city police determined during a traffic stop that she was in possession of an unspecified quantity of methamphetamine, most of which was apparently already in her system.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that Jacqueline Bernice Rolin, 40, is charged with one count each of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.Police…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Strangleholds
Local men arrested after separate domestic incidents Howard Hall By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men were arrested last week in connection with separate domestic disturbances, each accused of strangling the person with whom he was in disagreement.The first incident took place on July 5, when city police were dispatched around 7:15 a.m. to a Diamond Avenue residence after a caller, who did not make the circumstances of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
It’s official: Vincent replaces Jones at United Bank
The following press release, dated July 7, was issued Tuesday afternoon (July 13) by officials of United Bancorp, after Atmore News had already gone to press: The board of directors for United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc. (OTCQX: UBAB), the parent company of United Bank and UB Community Development, announces the retirement of Bob Jones, who is 69, from his positions of chief executive officer and president of United Bancorporation of…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Disasters start and end at local level
Submitted by Alabama Emergency Management Agency Alabama is no stranger to natural disasters. Since 1961, there have been 94 disaster declarations for Alabama by FEMA or its predecessor agencies. Many along the Gulf Coast vividly remember the impacts of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Last year’s unprecedented tropical weather and historic hurricane season affected the state in ways many of us have not seen in decades.…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Former Fountain trainee sentenced to 11-plus years
Tolbert By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A former corrections officer trainee at Fountain Correctional Facility, arrested early last year for attempting to smuggle drugs, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, electronics and weapons into the state penitentiary near Atmore, has been sentenced to serve more than 11 years in federal prison.According to a press release issued late last week by U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama, 40-year-old…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago