Atmore News

COVID by the numbers
News Staff Report (Through 9 a.m., Tuesday, September 1) Alabama Confirmed cases: 117,152 Deaths: 2,083 Escambia Co. Confirmed cases: 1,214 Deaths: 22 Hospitals Atmore Community Confirmed cases: 528 D.W. McMillan (Brewton) Confirmed cases: 230 Nursing homes Atmore Nursing Center Confirmed cases, residents: 35 Confirmed cases, staff: 23 Deaths: 10 West Gate Village (Brewton) Confirmed cases, residents: 68 Confirmed cases, staff: 41 Deaths: 8
Spice, pot, guns seized during raid on Atmore home
Gray Officers found synthetic and natural marijuana, along with two rifles, two handguns and various items for packaging and distributing the illicit substances. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A wheelchair-bound Atmore man is behind bars after a multi-agency raid on his Atmore residence turned up synthetic and natural marijuana, along with materials for packaging and distributing the illicit substances, and four firearms. Austin James Gray Jr., 43, was taken…
ACH to open new clinic
Contest to name it Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announced that it will open a new primary care physician clinic in Atmore. The new primary care clinic is tentatively set to open in December of 2020 and will feature a new physician partnered with a new advanced practice provider, supported by a team of nurses and office staff. “We are currently working to finalize the contract for…
Election certified
Staff re-elected; Johnson takes D3 seat; Gideons, Harrison in run-off Gideons and Harrison at city hall August 25 News Staff Report When there is uncertainty about a voter’s eligibility because the potential voter’s name is not on the voter rolls, he or she doesn’t have the required identification document or some other issue, the election manager is required to offer the voter a provisional ballot instead of a regular ballot.…