Month: June 2018

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore firefighters displayed last Saturday, June 9, their ability to cope with most any situation that might arise, no matter how out-of-the-ordinary it might be. Local firemen spent more than four hours off-loading the personal and professional libraries of a Mobile minister after one of three large moving vans traveling in a convoy developed mechanical problems, then fell from a wrecker that was towing…

From left, Mayor Jim Staff directs traffic as Calvin Grace and Kenny Smith assess the situation.Latest street washout occurs at Main and Ridgeley By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A sinkhole that developed in the northbound lane of Main Street on Saturday, June 8, was the second such subterranean washout to occur beneath a major Atmore thoroughfare in the past three weeks. The first, blamed on a leaking water line…

Huxford man charged in father’s death By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County (Ala.) authorities know the person they have in custody is responsible for the June 8 shooting death of a 72-yer-old Huxford man. They just don’t know yet what prompted the shooting. According to Escambia County Detention Center records, Thomas Matthew Nall, 32, remained behind bars Tuesday. He is being held under a $1 million bond, charged…

A 32-year-old Huxford man has been arrested and is charged with the shooting death of his father.   According to Mike Lambert, chief deputy for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, officers were sent to a home on Highway 21 North around 10:30pm on Friday in response to a reported shooting.   Sheriff’s officers arrived to find 72-year-old Donald Nall unresponsive. They noted that he had a single gunshot wound to…