Year: 2020

Don Fletcher

A peaceful march
‘Outsiders’ a no-show Marchers went from city hall to Main Street to Heritage Park By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Like similar marches led by a King from another era, last Saturday’s march and rally in Atmore — organized by local resident Shree King to help raise awareness of the racial divide many feel is prevalent in the city — was carried out in an orderly and peaceful manner. The…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Arrest made in Dirden murder
Crenshaw Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks announced Thursday, June 4, that APD investigators have arrested a local man and charged him with the April 25 death of Desmond Deshun Dirden. Dirden died on a sidewalk of Patterson Street Apartments after having been stabbed and shot. Antonio Albert Crenshaw, 38, was arrested by Atmore police Thursday (June 4) and is being held in the Escambia County Detention Center on one count…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Obituaries, week of June 7, 2020
Kendra Taylor Reed Reed Ms. Kendra Taylor Reed, age 22, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Atmore, Ala. She was a native of Atmore, Ala. and was a life-long resident of Uriah, Ala. She attended the J.U. Blacksher High School. Had been employed as a CNA and was employed with Wind Creek Casino as an usher. She was a 1st Generation Poarch Band of Creek Indian and was of…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Food giveaway
Cars began lining up outside Rachel Patterson Elementary School around 6:30 a.m. last Saturday, May 30, as drivers waited to receive boxes of free groceries. Estimates are that more than 600 cars pulled through the school driveway for a share of the 17,000 pounds of food distributed through a donation to Feeding the Gulf Coast. The line of cars stretched to the Assembly of God Church on South Trammell Street…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
‘New’ casinos
Wind Creek’s gambling properties re-open to general public Monday By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Wind Creek Casino-Atmore has been dark and silent for more than two months. But the lights will come back on and the silence will be broken next Monday, June 8, when Wind Creek Hospitality re-opens each of its three Alabama gaming and resort properties. WCH officials announced that all three of the company’s “new” Alabama-based…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago