Month: June 2017

While local residents have yet to fully experience summer’s increased temperatures, they have experienced another area in which things have really heated up. Scam artists claiming to represent a range of organizations, from reputable companies to make-believe lotteries, have made false promises of riches galore in an effort to separate Atmore and Escambia residents from their money. “It’s all over the place,” said Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks. They’re basically…

Farmers are in dire need of some relief after recent excessive rainfall saturated fields in southern portion of Alabama and to add insult to injury, Tropical Storm Cindy dropped additional widespread rainfall in the past few days. Some flooding in south Alabama and overall heavy rainfall has created numerous problems for Alabama agricultural producers including significant crop loss. Some of the crops affected, but not limited to, are cotton, corn,…