Year: 2020

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A storm system that moved into the Atmore area around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, dumped several inches of rain on the city, overwhelming flood-prone streets, and brought stiff winds, some apparently of the straight-line variety, that wreaked havoc on trees, farm equipment and small buildings. Still, it was another “not as bad as it could have been” storm. Over the past 16-18 months,…

Start-up money biggest obstacle in forming independent system By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This article is the second in a three-part series on the recently completed study to determine the feasibility of forming a three-school municipal education network. The recently completed study to determine whether an Atmore city school system is financially feasible is being studied by city officials, by the group that proposed the idea and by…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members passed during their Monday, April 27, meeting a resolution authorizing issuance of $1 million in financing warrants to pay for construction of a new city shop. The vote was 4-0, with one councilman abstaining. The construction project’s financing was the only topic on the council’s agenda during the panel’s fourth teleconference meeting of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participating were Mayor Jim…

Jones By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the county jail this week, charged with taking sexual advantage of a young relative as the girl slept. Escambia County Detention Center records show that 32-year-old Charles Franklin Jones Jr. is charged with one count of felony sexual abuse of a child older than 12 but younger than 16. He is being held under a bond of $250,000.…