Atmore News

News Staff Report Atmore Mayor Jim Staff announced this week that the city council meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, December 27, has been postponed to Tuesday, December 28, also at 4 p.m. The mayor reminded citizens that city offices, except police and fire, would be closed this Friday, December 24, and Monday. City sanitation offices will also be closed on those days, although solid waste collection will continue as…

Auditions for the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ production of The Jungle Book will be Sunday, January 9, at 2 p.m., at the theater at 100 South Trammell Street. This is a non-musical and there will be two casts, both directed by Ellen Johnson and Andrew Willis. School shows will be required of both casts (details to be given at auditions) and public shows will be February 24-27. Ages…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A post reportedly made on an internationally viewed social network service sent Atmore police scrambling to two local schools last Friday, December 17, to make sure the “challenge” made in the post was not carried out here. The Chinese web service is followed by people of all ages but is particularly popular with teens and preteens. When a local woman expressed concern December 16…

Case Taylor By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A drug problem that infects all levels of society made itself manifest locally again over the past week, as Atmore police officers and state drug agents each made a local arrest for possession of an illegal substance. Charges against three other individuals who were involved in a stolen vehicle incident (see story, this edition) also included drug possession. And it’s not just…