Month: November 2018

Atmore News

Man charged with child sex abuse
News Staff Report A 54-year-old Atmore man remained in the county jail this week, faced with two charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a child. According to a press release issued last week by Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks, APD investigators arrested Lenson Lee Bethea on November 9 after an almost-two month investigation into the allegations. Brooks said a parent of the child reported the sexual abuse in…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Club license revoked
Shooter awaits extradition from Fla. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members, after a brief public hearing, voted unanimously at their November 13 meeting to revoke the license of a local club where three people were shot in the early hours of November 11. Mayor Jim Staff opened the public hearing prior to the onset of the council meeting. “This public hearing is to consider the revocation…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries for the week of Nov. 18, 2018
Winston E. Montgomery Mr. Winston E. Montgomery, age 59, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Turner Funeral Chapel LLC.   Randall Alan Balmas Mr. Randall Alan Balmas, age 65, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018 in Mobile, Ala. He was a native of Cape Girardeau, Mo., former resident of Flippin, Alaska and Molino, Fla. and had resided…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Man arrested on child sex abuse charges
On September 19, 2018 at approximately 1 p.m., it was reported by a parent to the Atmore Police Department Investigative Division that a minor child had been sexually abused within in the city limits of Atmore. Upon completion of the initial interview with the parent and the initial written report the Department of Human Resources were contacted per protocol. The Department of Human Resources initiated their investigation and contacted Child…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Words cannot express our gratitude
One hundred years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the world’s largest, deadliest, and costliest war to that date drew to an end. The guns that boomed over field and forest in Europe fell silent. World War I was over. Over 116,000 Americans had lost their lives. One year later, President Woodrow Wilson issued a statement to the nation in celebration…
by Submitted Article access_time5 years ago