Atmore News

News Staff Report Alabama’s 17th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. this Friday, July 15, and ends at midnight Sunday, July 17.Shoppers will again have the opportunity to purchase most school supplies, computers, books and clothing free of state sales or use taxes, and in many cases, free of municipal or county sales taxes.According to the Alabama Department of Revenue website, businesses in Atmore will participate in…

McGhee By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A July 1 traffic stop by Atmore Police Department drug agents led to felony and misdemeanor drug charges, including trafficking in methamphetamine, against a 53-year-old Atmore man.Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the traffic stop and arrest occurred around 2:55 p.m. on Jack Springs Road. APD Drug Task Force investigators attempted to obtain consent to search the vehicle but were denied, so a K-9 officer…

Durgan By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile man was arrested on several charges after his ex-girlfriend reported to Atmore police that the man had stolen her vehicle.An officer was sent to the woman’s Martin Luther King Drive residence, where the occupant told police that her vehicle had been stolen and she believed her ex-boyfriend was responsible.An APD investigator contacted the victim again the next day, and she reported that…

Lowery By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man was arrested just before sunrise Sunday, July 10, on felony drug possession charges after an Atmore Police Department patrol officer spotted a vehicle traveling along Industrial Drive without taillights.APD reports show that a traffic stop was conducted, and the officer discovered Timothy Lowery, 47, of Atmore did not have a valid driver’s license.The officer also noticed that Lowery was “acting strangely,”…

Sanders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An elderly Atmore man, held in the Escambia County (Fla,) Jail since February 2021 for trying to run down several law enforcement officers with his car, has been extradited to Alabama to face charges here.The Escambia County Detention Center website shows that 75-year-old Lem Roy Sanders, who is said to suffer from an undisclosed mental illness, was processed into the facility July 8 on…