Year: 2019

Atmore News

Wind Creek Bethlehem opens; license sought for Illinois casino
News Staff Report Wind Creek Hospitality officially celebrated last week the $15 million “rebranding” of the former Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa., the most lucrative property in the Poarch Band of Creek Indians gaming portfolio. Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, who owns three restaurants in the new complex, was on hand for the grand opening of Wind Creek Bethlehem, into which WCH plans to invest nearly $200 million in new…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Fire, wreck, cows
All in a day’s work for AFD By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The morning of Thursday, October 10, was a quiet one around Atmore’s fire stations. Around noon, all that changed. Before the day ended, AFD personnel had been involved in fighting a fire that swept across a patch of rural woods, helping out with a local school’s fall festival, assisting with the extrication of a wreck victim trapped…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of 10-13-19
Callie Thames Ms. Callie Thames, 88, of Atmore (Freemanville) Ala., passed at Select Specialty Hospital in Pensacola, Fla. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced later by Turner Funeral Chapel.   David Lee Wilson Dr. David Lee Wilson, age 73, of Boaz, AL, passed away October 2, 2019 at UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, AL.   He was a native of Atmore, AL and a 1964 graduate of Escambia…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Meet Little Ann
Beautiful Little Ann is a 2-year-old female redbone coonhound. She is the sweetest, most loving and well-mannered girl! She loves to play and give out kisses and also enjoys lazy days with cuddling time. Little Ann is up to date on vaccinations and available for adoption with a $100 adoption fee, which includes spay. If you are looking to add a sweet, loving, well-mannered girl to your family, please make…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago