Month: September 2020

Sherry Digmon

Did you see that coming?
As I look back, maybe I should have realized what was happening. Early last week, New Orleans was bracing for Hurricane Sally. Then the storm took a little turn toward the Louisiana-Mississippi line, then a little more toward Gulfport. Wait … then Sally seemed to take aim at the Mississippi-Alabama line. Then it was all Alabama. Gulf Shores to be more exact. And up to Atmore. Category 2 at the…
by Sherry Digmon access_time4 years ago
2 granted parole, 1 denied
Womack Jackson Wilson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Two inmates with local ties were granted parole, another was denied, during hearings held last week in Montgomery by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. The board granted parole to 31-year-old Brandi Nicole Womack and to Kenneth Ray Jackson, 37. Womack was released in 2015 after she had served three years of an Escambia County Circuit Court sentence handed down…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Lions feed APD
The Atmore Lions Club provided dinner to the Atmore Police Department Monday, September 21. Officers and Lions are shown, from left, Gordon Brooks, Clay Smith, Joshua Hochstetler, Kentrae Boggan, Bub Gideons, Anne Hetzel, Mandie Thompson, Walt Butler, Nancy Karrick, J.C. Mitchell, Brooke Marsh, Brandy Giger, Ryan James, Candace Wooten, Conner Wooten, Tristan McNally, Thaihee Staples, Tommy America.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
COVID-19 update
Another death, but only 21 new cases in past week By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Escambia County continued to slowly decline over the past week, as only 21 new cases were reported among county residents. The county’s death toll from the virus, however, climbed by one, to 24, and the total confirmed cases among county residents now numbers 1,323. Statewide, there was an increase…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago