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Council approves $12M budget
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members voted unanimously during their Tuesday, October 15, meeting to approve a $12 million operating budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20. The budget is based on projected revenues of $12,154, 450 — nearly three-fourths ($8.9 million) of which will come from sales taxes ($6 million), business licenses ($1.5 million) and ad valorem taxes ($1.4 million). That total is up about a quarter-million…
Walnut Hill man killed in Monday night crash
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Walnut Hill man suffered fatal injuries Monday night (October 21) when he lost control of his GMC Yukon, ran off a state roadway near Century, Fla. and hit a tree. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, Clayton Joseph Cagle, 31, of Walnut Hill, Fla. was eastbound on the state highway, near its intersection with Pelt Road, around 7 p.m. when he “failed to…
Raid yields 4 arrests for drugs
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed this week that four people, including three Atmore residents, were arrested October 18 on various drug possession charges when federal, state and local law enforcement raided an Atmore residence and found several illicit substances inside. According to a press release issued by Brooks, the multi-agency task force discovered heroin, methamphetamines, marijuana and prescription pills at the Oak Street…
Attempted murder
Caregiver arrested for abuse, neglect of disabled wife By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man, reportedly the primary caregiver for his disabled spouse, remained in the county jail under a half-million-dollar bond this week, charged with abusing the woman he was supposed to be caring for. Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed this week that James Lee Williamson, 68, was arrested September 28 after emergency medical personnel noticed signs…
Obituaries, week of 10-20-19
Randy Levon Aldridge Mr. Randy Levon Aldridge, age 51, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019 in Indiana. He was a native of Pensacola, Fla., former resident of Monticello, Miss. and had resided in Jay, Fla. for the past four years. He grew up on a farm doing all kinds of farm work and he was Superman to everyone. He worked in the Offshore Oil Industry as a crane operator and…