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Atmore News

GECA to present ‘Odd Couple’

News Staff Report You may remember the movie with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, or you may remember the television series with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall. If you watched “The Odd Couple” on the big screen or the small screen, you probably enjoyed Felix and Oscar. Now you can see them on stage. The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is presenting “The Odd Couple” in May. Director Ellen…

Atmore man convicted

News Staff Report An Atmore man, originally facing 11 drug-related charges, was found guilty last week in Escambia County Circuit Court on six counts, not guilty on four others, and had one charge thrown out. Court documents show that a jury returned guilty verdicts against 21-year-old Jerby Eugene East of a Freemanville Drive address on two counts of second degree promoting prison contraband, one count of third degree promoting prison…

Passenger injured in 2-vehicle crash

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A 22-year-old Baldwin County woman was injured last Wednesday, April 17, when the vehicle in which she was a passenger slammed into the rear of another vehicle on Alabama 21. According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the collision occurred around 7:40 a.m. on the state highway, about 11 miles north of Atmore’s city limits. Reports show that a 2014 Ford driven by Richard Daniels…

6 to be inducted into Atmore Area Hall of Fame

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Six outstanding citizens will be inducted into the Atmore Area Hall of Fame April 27. 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.…

Healthcare Authority reorganizes

Griffin named CEO; Rowell to chair board News Staff Report Escambia County Healthcare Authority’s recent reorganization of its health system has resulted in the naming of Chris Griffin as the authority’s chief executive officer. Griffin will have the overall responsibility for all the Authority’s operating entities: Atmore Community Hospital, including its clinics and home health agency; D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital and its clinics, as well as D.W. McMillan Emergency Medical…