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Work finally under way on Strand project
Behind the Strand and the hardware store By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer After several “false starts,” work has finally begun on the renovation and rehabilitation of the Strand Theatre and former Atmore Hardware Store.Rolin Construction crews have started tearing out floorboards, seats, wall coverings and other portions of the venerable theater, which turned 100 years old this year, and the adjoining hardware store, which has stood for 121 years.The local…
by Don Fletcher
access_time3 years ago
Precautions, no closings as COVID surges
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some businesses, governmental agencies and other local entities in and around Atmore are taking precautionary measures as the COVID pandemic’s resurgence continues, but the spike in local and area cases has not yet forced any closings.At Atmore Community Hospital, visitors are still allowed, from 6 to 8 a.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. each day, for general patients, but each must wear a mask…
by Don Fletcher
access_time3 years ago
Atmore men arrested on months-old Fla. warrants
Blackburn Morris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men remained in the Escambia County (Fla.) Jail early Tuesday, arrested a day apart by Escambia County (Fla.) authorities on warrants issued for crimes that each allegedly committed several months ago.Paul Ray Morris, 42, was jailed August 21 for criminal acts he is alleged to have performed in March and April of this year; Lionel Todd Blackburn, 46, was arrested a…
by Don Fletcher
access_time3 years ago
Honoring one of their own
Robbie Lynn Carnley The procession parked at the funeral home By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher It was a touching testament to Robbie Lynn Carnley and her family – fire trucks, law enforcement vehicles, dozens upon dozens of vehicles bearing friends and family … and mail trucks driven by her co-workers. They lined up Sunday afternoon, August 22, to form a funeral procession from Petty Eastside Chapel to Little Escambia Baptist Church…
by Sherry Digmon
access_time3 years ago
Woman nabbed in Walmart robbery
Fletcher By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Huntsville woman remained behind bars early Tuesday (August 24) after her Monday afternoon arrest for the armed robbery of Atmore’s Walmart.Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported Monday evening that Therease Antoinette Fletcher, 30, was in custody and is charged with first-degree robbery in the incident, which took place around 3 p.m.Reports show that police were dispatched to the local retailer around on North Main…
by Don Fletcher
access_time3 years ago
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