Month: August 2020

Atmore News

Bubba Cruz III
Lottie Road Kustoms members and guests stopped for lunch Friday, July 17, at David’s Catfish House after parading their custom-built Rat Rods and a few classic cars through Perdido and Atmore as part of Bubba Cruz 2020. The two-day event — which included a car show, music, food vendors and a burnout contest — was held for the third year in memory of Ewing Darrell “Bubba” Ardis, a member of…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
A way forward on coronavirus relief
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Last week was pretty frustrating in Washington. While the House frittered away at useless Democrat messaging bills which have no chance of passage in the Senate, Speaker Pelosi refused negotiations with the Senate on a $1 trillion dollar bill to address the nation’s ongoing needs as a result of COVID-19. At the end of the week, she and Senator Schumer refused offers from the White House…
by Submitted Article access_time4 years ago
EA 6th in AISA preseason poll
The Alabama Sports Writers Association has released its first poll of the 2020 football season. The ASWA’s preseason rankings have Escambia Academy as the AISA’s (Alabama Independent School Association) No. 6 team, with Monroe Academy at No. 8. Autauga Academy is ranked at the top of the poll. In AHSAA (Alabama High School Athletic Association) rankings, both T.R. Miller and Flomaton High earned Top 10 status among Class 3A teams.…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
APD briefly involved in fatal chase
McAdams By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore Police Department patrol cruiser was briefly involved last Saturday, August 1, in a high-speed chase that started in Bay Minette, carried into Atmore, then ended when a Mobile County man lost control of the stolen vehicle he was driving and fatally crashed in Cantonment, Fla. APD Chief Chuck Brooks said the city unit joined the chase but never drove at the…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Wreck update
Dodge driver, child seriously injured; Jeep driver still critical A 3-year-old was seriously injured in the crash. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Reports Although official reports indicate that five members of the same family suffered only minor injuries in a July 26 head-on collision on U.S. 31, that apparently wasn’t the case. Initial reports show that an Atmore man, Joseph D. Barnes, whose vehicle collided around 3 p.m. with one…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago