Month: October 2019

News Staff Report The Atmore Public Library is hosting the Williams Station Day pumpkin contest. This year’s contest is a little different than those in the past. There’s no carving. Decorate a pumpkin as your favorite children’s book character. Paint it. Dress it. Accessorize it. BUT DON’T CARVE IT! Family participation is encouraged. Any size pumpkin is allowed. One entry per family. Decorated pumpkins should be dropped off at the…

News Staff Report Meetings of the Atmore City Council and Escambia County Commission, each initially scheduled for next Monday, October 14, have been moved to Tuesday, October 15. The meetings were rescheduled due to Monday’s Columbus Day holiday, a federal and state holiday observed by both local governments. The city council will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council Chambers of Atmore City Hall, while the county commission…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County District Judge Eric Coale set bond last week at $1 million for Anthony Jerome English, the Atmore man accused of shooting another Atmore man to death on September 24. English, 23, is accused of waiting in ambush, then shooting several times into a Nissan Altima driven by Roderick Lynn “Thumper” Watkins Jr., also 23, when Watkins arrived at his Jimbos Road home…

Northview grad, senior trapped inside when car hits tree, bursts into flames By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A 2019 Northview High School graduate and a member of the school’s Class of 2020 remained in critical condition in a Mobile hospital’s burn unit this week after the car in which they were traveling ran off a Gonzalez street, hit a tree and burst into flames last week. According to a…