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Atmore News

Top consumer complaints during 2018

Special to Atmore News March 3-9 is National Consumer Protection Week. Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the top five categories of complaints from Alabama consumers received by his office’s Consumer Interest Division over the last year. They are complaints involving: 1. Automobiles; 2. Online Purchases; 3. Debt Collection; 4. Cable and Satellite Services; and 5. Landlord / Tenant Issues. The total number of consumer complaints received in 2018 was 2,710.…

6 to be inducted into Hall of Fame

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Six outstanding citizens will be inducted into the Atmore Area Hall of Fame in April. They are Dr. Wil Baker, Robert Faircloth, Ann Gordon, Novy L. Hale, the Rev. Isaac Holt, and Wayne Stacey. The 14th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner is set for Saturday, April 27, 6 p.m., at The Club. Tickets, $25, each are available at Atmore News, 128 N.…

Police chief wants body cams

Devices will benefit officers and suspects By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer If Atmore City Council members approve the measure, Atmore Police Department patrol officers and investigators will in the relatively near future be outfitted with body cameras. Police Chief Chuck Brooks told Mayor Jim Staff and council members during the panel’s March 11 pre-meeting workshop that he feels the body cameras will not only help his officers maintain their…

‘Passing’ not involved in fatal crash

News Staff Report Alabama State Troopers reported last Friday, March 15, that the Monroe County man involved in a head-on crash that claimed the life of an Atmore man was not passing several vehicles when the wreck occurred, as was reported in the March 13 edition of Atmore News. Sgt. Derek Gessner of ALEA’s trooper post in Evergreen reported that a witness who was northbound on Alabama 21, immediately behind…

Child predator

Atmore man arrested twice for sexual abuse, torture of youngsters By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: The following article includes details, some graphic, of sexual crimes committed against children and might be disturbing or offensive to some readers. An 18-year-old Atmore man, already out on bond for the alleged sexual abuse of one child under the age of 12, is behind bars again, charged with similar crimes against another…