Month: June 2019

Atmore News

East Brewton man pleads guilty to child sex abuse
News Staff Report An East Brewton man, charged more than two years ago with sexually abusing two children, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison after he entered a guilty plea to sexually abusing those children and at least two others. William Douglas Smith, 58, faced life in prison but the plea reduced dramatically the amount of time he will actually spend behind bars. Smith lived in Brewton at…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Benefit set for Trent Atchison
A benefit for Trent Atchison is scheduled for this weekend Saturday, June 29, 6 p.m., and Sunday, June 30, 3 p.m., at Emmanuel’s Faith Center, 710 East Ridgeley Street, Atmore. The benefit will feature the youth group The Gospel Voices in concert as they celebrate their anniversary. Charles Johnson, surrogate father to Trent, is manager of the group. Proceeds from the concert will be used to further adapt Atchison’s home.…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Flomaton man pleads guilty to manslaughter
News Staff Report A Flomaton man, indicted for murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend more than two years ago, accepted a plea deal that calls for him to spend the next two years in prison, with three years of community corrections after his release. Shannon Heath Bell, 33, entered the guilty plea last week in Escambia County Circuit Court, just prior to his case going to trial. He…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
New sign provides industrial area with identity
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer According to regional economic development officials, the new sign recently placed at the entrance to Atmore’s Rivercane Industrial Park should give an identity to the park, inform motorists what industries operate within the park and help suppliers more easily find the industry to whom they are delivering. The sign, paid for with surplus money from one of the grants obtained two years ago when…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
WEU buys Helton property for new HQ
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer It won’t happen in the immediate future, but before too long those who come to pay their West Escambia Utilities bills won’t be coming to Atmore City Hall. The utility company, which is not a part of city government but has operated out of city hall for most of its 73-year existence, purchased several months ago the Ridgeley Street property from which Helton Service…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago