Year: 2020

Don Fletcher

Atmore man slain
Stabbed and shot on Patterson Street Dirden By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that APD detectives are working overtime to identify and bring to justice the person responsible for Saturday’s fatal shooting and stabbing of an Atmore man. Brooks confirmed Saturday (April 25) that the homicide victim is 43-year-old Desmond Deshun Dirden. Dirden, who had died by the time police and emergency…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Atmore police investigating possible homicide
Atmore police are conducting a death investigation after a man was found shot to death early Saturday morning (April 25) at a local apartment complex. “We’re working it as a homicide,” Chief Chuck Brooks said of the death. Details are sketchy at this time, but APD patrols were dispatched around 1:24 a.m. to Patterson Street Apartments, where shots had been reportedly fired. Officers arrived to find the body of a…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of April 29,2020
Aldene Hiebert Schneider Mrs. Aldene Hiebert Schneider, age 86, of Fountain Run, Ky., passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at NHC Health Care in Glasgow, Ky.  She was born in Kansas to the late Albert and Helena (Ensz) Hiebert. She was a homemaker, LPN and co-owner of a Farm Supply Store in Walnut Hill, Fla. She was a member of Fountain Run Mennonite Church. She was preceded in death by…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Standoff ends with Atmore man’s surrender
James A 42-year-old Atmore man who barricaded himself inside an Atmore home this morning surrendered to authorities tonight, ending a standoff that had begun nearly 12 hours earlier. Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported that John Bradley James was finally taken into custody after a full day of negotiations finally brought him from inside the home, where he reportedly lives with his parents. He had been labeled “heavily armed” by police,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Keep children’s vaccinations up to date during the pandemic
Special to Atmore News The Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AL-AAP) and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) want to stress to parents and caregivers that, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is extremely important to keep children’s vaccines up to date. On April 15, the American Academy of Pediatrics released guidance calling for continuation of well visits for children, especially those under 2 years of…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago