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Don Fletcher

Atmore woman’s death attributed to crash

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama State Troopers reported late last week that an Atmore woman succumbed to injuries she suffered July 18 when the 1997 Ford Mustang in which she was riding left a rural roadway and struck a tree, a finding that the victim’s family contends is not true. Troopers reported in a July 25 “Delayed Fatality Report” that Victoria Skye DeSilvey, 28, “died from her injuries…

PCI, ECHCA swap land

3 council members upset when left out of loop By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A trio of city council members, each of whom opposed the proposed donation of 10 acres of city land at Rivercane for a new hospital, are up in arms after learning of the land swap negotiated last week by Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Escambia County Healthcare Authority. Under the swap, Poarch traded 10…

APD investigating possible homicide

Atmore police are still probing the Friday (July 26) shooting death of an 84-year-old Atmore man, trying to determine if foul play is involved. Results of tests on evidence sent to the state crime lab will determine the direction the investigation takes. In a press release issued today (Monday, July 29), Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said what started out as a death investigation “will be processed as a homicide…

Obituaries for week of July 28, 2019

Muriel Erlean Philyaw Mrs. Muriel Erlean Philyaw, age 61, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019 in Atmore, Ala. She was a native of Atmore and had resided in the Canoe, Ala. and Wawbeek, Ala. area for most of her life. She was a former employee at Vanity Fair as a seamstress; she was a partner of Finley’s Gas Station and worked as a CNA at Atmore Nursing Care and caring for…

PCI, ECHA negotiate hospital land swap

Atmore News has confirmed from several sources that Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Escambia County Healthcare Authority have negotiated a land swap that will result in a new hospital being built in almost the same location as originally planned. According to the sources, the agreement calls for Poarch to give ECHA 10 acres along Alabama 21, just a few hundred yards south of Atmore’s Rivercane retail and industrial park.…