Year: 2018

Don Fletcher

Arrest made in Chick-A-Dee shooting
A Bay Minette man has been arrested in connection with an early-Sunday melee during which three people were shot inside an Atmore establishment that had previously been shut down because of violent acts and numerous violations of other city ordinances. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported shortly after noon Tuesday that Angi Lynn Baker, 34, was located and taken into custody in Pensacola, Fla. around 11:30 a.m. Baker is charged…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Police still hunting suspect in Assembly Hall shootings
Atmore police were still looking Monday afternoon for the suspect who shot three people inside an Atmore gathering place early Sunday morning. The shooting took place inside the Assembly Hall, which formerly operated as the Chick-A-Dee Club, located near the intersection of Ashley and Carver streets. Police said the three victims, all males in their 30s or 40s, were taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital, where one was treated…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries for the week of November 14, 2018
Linda Gale Weaver Mrs. Linda Gale Weaver, age 56, passed away Monday, November 5, 2018 at her home in Perdido, Al a. Mrs. Weaver was a native of Atmore, AL and had resided in Perdido, AL since 1994. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend to all. She was a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and worked with the tribe for 34 years. She was of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries for the week of November 04,2018
Craig Sullivan Mr. Craig Sullivan, Sr., age 59, of McCullough, Ala., passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018. He was born in New Hebron, Miss.  Anyone who met him knew they had made a friend for life. He was preceded in death by his father, Cary T. Sullivan; brother, James Michael Sullivan; grandson, Connor Leigh Boyd; mother-in-law, Inez Fordham; paternal grandparents, Royce Leon Halle and Jessie Watts Halle Walker; maternal grandparents,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
No place, no time for hate
At a recent church service, the sermon focused on the 12th chapter of Mark’s Gospel, which describes Jesus’ answer to a question from a scribe about which Commandment is “first of all.” Jesus replies with the Shema: “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,…
by Submitted Article access_time5 years ago