Day: July 8, 2020

Don Fletcher

Mobile home, car destroyed by fire
Firefighter Shane Rollin sprays water on the smoldering automobile. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore firefighters spent just over an hour gaining control of a Friday (July 3) evening fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home and car and threatened several homes off Virginia Drive. “It was an old, abandoned trailer that was empty,” said Fire Chief Ron Peebles of the structure, which was reported burning at 6:24 p.m.…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Correction/apology
An article published in the July 1 edition of Atmore News, about parole being denied to Tommie Lynn Goins, contained incorrect information. (Goins was convicted of the 1986 shotgun slaying of Atmore resident Hanks Roberts and sent to prison for life.) In the article, it was incorrectly stated that Goins “claimed he killed Roberts because Roberts had physically abused his wife (Goins’s sister).” According to Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
CACC partners with Alto
New machinist ap Special to Atmore News Coastal Alabama Community College has partnered with Alto Products Corp. for the first machinist apprenticeship in Southwest Alabama. It is the first such partnership in the region to be competency-based and builds on the college’s recent certification as a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship sponsor. For more than 50 years, Alto has manufactured over a billion friction clutches, steel reaction plates, and powertrain…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Ribbon cutting
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Jay’s Fitness Wednesday, July 1. Chamber board members, friends and family joined the owners and employees for the occasion. Shown are, from left, Erin Hankins, Karean Reynolds (back), Chamekia Jackson, Eddie Jackson, Natasha Grissett, Justin Brown, Yashetta Mckenzie, Asia Brown, Malaysia Ollison, Lameka Abner, Kaeondre Grissett, Darrin Prime, Dorothy Ollison, Taeneisha Ollison, Ruthie Stephens, Brandy Giger, Emilee Waters.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Chamber cancels events
By EMILY WILSON Special to Atmore News The following notice was set from the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, July 1. After careful consideration and consulting with our members, trustees, community leaders, and healthcare professionals regarding the health and safety of everyone, the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has made the difficult decision in the best interest of our members and our community to cancel all…
by Submitted Article access_time4 years ago