Month: February 2019

Don Fletcher

City refuses YMCA property
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council, sitting one member short, voted unanimously during its Monday, February 11, meeting to reject Atmore Area YMCA’s attempt to deed its building and grounds to the city. Citing the prohibitive cost of bringing the former Atmore High School building up to code and shoring up its failing foundation, council members did not hesitate to turn down the offer. “It will take…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Atmore City School System … maybe
News Staff Report A group has formed in Atmore to explore the possibility of creating a city school system, breaking away from the county public school system. Atmore Citizens for Change will hold a public meeting this Friday night, February 15, 6 p.m. at Deliverance Ministry Church of Jesus Christ, 2nd Avenue, in Atmore. They plan to have a consultant at the meeting to share information on the process of…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Suicide by train?
Atmore man struck, killed by CSX freight train By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Authorities are still at a loss as to why an Atmore man apparently intentionally stepped into the path of a CSX freight train as it roared through the city last week. Eric Edwards Smith, 40, of Atmore was reportedly killed instantly when the westbound freight was unable to stop and plowed into him at the Martin…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries for week of February 10, 2019
Thelma Griffis Kyle Mrs. Thelma Griffis Kyle, age 92, of Robinsonville, Ala., passed away February 6, 2019 in Atmore, Ala. She was born in Camden, Ala. to late Eddie Lawrence and Amanda Rebekah Dailey Griffis. She was a retired supervisor from Vanity Fair. She was a member of Robinsonville Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold Theo Kyle; son, John Patrick Kyle; a brother, Alvin…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
More charges for twice-bonded Atmore woman
An Atmore woman, already out on bond on one charge when she was arrested Jan. 31 on several charges related to a tantrum she threw when a local restaurant refused to serve her more alcohol, has been charged with trafficking in Kratom. Nadia Coker, 42, of a Trammell Street address was free on bond from a third-degree assault charge when she reportedly pitched a fit in the Atmore eating establishment.…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago