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Special to Atmore News Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks, Atmore Fire Chief Ron Peebles, Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson and Atmore District 3 City Councilwoman Eunice Johnson will join forces Saturday, July 24, to present Atmore Community Fun Day.The event, for people of all ages, will take place at the recently cleaned-up area of Patterson Street, just across from Patterson Street Apartments, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.The free, three-hour…

Work continued this week on the residential complex. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Barring any last-minute, unforeseen complications, residents will begin within the next six weeks relocating into the 50-unit senior housing complex nearing completion just outside Atmore.Crews from Reed Construction of Bay Minette, the project’s general contractor, and several subcontractors are in the final stages of construction for the $8.7 million development, known as Atmore Senior Village, and developers…

Lowery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer As administrator of Atmore Community Hospital, Brad Lowery has numerous responsibilities, including oversight of operations for the hospital and its satellite facilities and keeping an eye on the bottom line. But there are other responsibilities he feels are equally important.One of those is informing the public that the local hospital is as modern as most other rural healthcare facilities and more modern than many,…

Board rejects parole for convicted killer of Brewton teen Dubose Stephanie Marie King’s T.R. Miller yearbook photo. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer As expected, Edward Russell Dubose, who was found guilty twice — once by a jury, once by his own admission — of the brutal 1988 murder of a Brewton teen, will spend at least five more years behind bars.The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected last week…