Day: October 7, 2020

Special to Atmore News Gather, a restaurant in Atmore, has been named the winner of the 2020 Bama’s Best Beef contest with its dish, the Train Wreck. The contest is sponsored by the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) and funded by the Alabama Beef Checkoff Program. Twin filets of beef paired with Nueske’s bacon, fried green tomatoes, pimento grits, Conecuh crab sauce and a fried egg, this plate is one that…

Storm’s path uncertain, but local agencies ready By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer No one is exactly sure when or where Hurricane Delta, which is expected to reach Category 4 strength by Wednesday morning (October 7), will make landfall in the U.S., but local emergency officials are preparing for the possibility it will follow the lead of Hurricane Sally. Sally came ashore at Gulf Shores on September 16 as a…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members and more than a dozen city citizens learned during the September 28 council meeting just how much it will cost taxpayers to bring a massive, state-of-the-art peanut processing plant to the city. City Attorney Larry Wettermark and Centerfire Economic CEO Jess Nicholas, who has been contracted by the Escambia County Industrial Development Authority to help bring businesses to the county,…

The stolen vehicle damaged the Legion building at Main and Church. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Saturday morning (October 3) attempt by an unknown man to outrun city police ended when the stolen vehicle the man was driving left a city street and bounced off a building before coming to rest on the sidewalk across the street. Atmore Police Department reports show that the Chevy Tahoe, reported stolen…