A nice day in the park
The last Market in the Park for this season was held Saturday, June 27, at Heritage Park. In addition to checking out the fresh vegetables and produce, shoppers of all ages enjoyed looking at art and other wares.
No routine call
Atmore firefighters came to the rescue Friday, June 26, when members of a Leadership Atmore class, which painted The Alley in Atmore as a project, didn’t have ladders tall enough to reach the highest points. Shown from left are Firefighters A.J. Beachy (in cherry picker bucket) and Jesse Boone, Capt. Zack Stewart, Head Capt. Daniel Love and Lt. Wayne Kelley.
‘Down-home flavor’ gone
Atmore’s Church’s Chicken inexplicably shut its doors, apparently for good, last week. City officials said they have no idea why the chicken restaurant closed, that nobody from the company alerted them of the closing and that Church’s has operated here since “at least 2001.”
Johnson steps down, McBride steps up
News Staff Report At the last West Escambia Utilities Board meeting, June 17, Jim Johnson stepped down as chairman, ending a 25-year tenure as head of the board, although he intends to remain a member. Johnson joined the board in August 1992 and became chairman in December 1994. When Johnson stepped down, Dr. Ullysses McBride became chairman. Dr. McBride joined the board in June 1995.
3 more denied parole as hearings continue
Watson McKenzie Goins By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Three more men sentenced in Escambia County to prison terms were denied parole last week during hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. Scotty Dewayne Watson, whose hearing was held June 24, has served just over three years of 15-year sentence imposed after his conviction on possessing or receiving a controlled substance. According to Alabama Department of Corrections records,…