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Harris Street AOH Church installs new pastor
Pastor Gary Whitley Special to Atmore News Harris Street Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God Inc. installed their new pastor, Elder Gary W. Whitley of Columbus, Ga., on Sunday, June 27.Pastor Whitley is a native of Los Angeles, Calif. The only child born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Venus Whitley (both deceased). He is the father of three children: Genesis, Ryan and Nicholas; one grandson, Kyng.…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
City cuts ribbon on new streets-sanitation headquarters
Ribbon cuttingThe Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting Monday, June 28, for the city’s new Sanitation Department building. Employees were joined by city council and Chamber officials for the event. Shown are, from left, Mayor Jim Staff, Brandy Giger, Jerome Webster, Eunice Johnson, Terry Rostchild, department manager Calvin Grace, Timothy Raines, Shawn Lassiter, Bradley Woods, Chris Harrison, Brian Burkett, Johnny Green, Emilee Waters, Anna Norton, Noah Graham. By DON…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Yellow Hats donate to storm victim
Yellow Hats met with the storm victim at the Atmore depot to present their donation. By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer The Yellow Hat Society presented a $300 check to East Brewton tornado victim Angela Spears on Monday, June 28.Angela took cover on her couch inside her mobile home during June 19 tornados spawned by Tropical Storm Claudette. She was thrown out of her front door, 100 yards, into her neighbors’…
by Josh Frye access_time3 years ago
Holding China accountable for COVID-19
Congressman Jerry Carl Like many of you, I have lost several friends to COVID-19, and I know of countless others who fell seriously ill, lost their job, or lost their business because of the virus. Unfortunately, virtually everybody in the United States and across the globe has been negatively impacted by COVID-19.From the earliest days of this virus spreading across the globe, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has actively and…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
Atmore man paroled; 3 other locals denied
Case Crenshaw Johnson McKenzie By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man whose parole hearing had been continued five times earlier this year, finally was granted his freedom by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles after having served less than three years of an 8-1/2-year sentence.Alabama Department of Corrections records show that Jeffrey Lee Case was sentenced in 2016 to serve 104 months after his conviction in Escambia County…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago