Year: 2020

Atmore News

Honoring Vietnam veterans
News Staff Report The Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 will host its annual Vietnam Veterans Day event on Saturday, March 28, 2 p.m., at Atmore City Hall. This event honors Vietnam veterans, but all veterans, families, and the general public are invited. Please join the Auxiliary as they honor these brave and heroic veterans. This year’s guest speaker will be Vietnam veteran Pat Downing, Colonel, US Army, Ret.…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Fountain officer arrested on contraband charges
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Four people, including a Brewton man who worked as an officer at Fountain Correctional Facility, were arrested recently by Alabama Department of Corrections investigators on charges of promoting prison contraband. According to a press release issued by state corrections officials, Correctional Officer Tarrence Dramon Tolbert, 39, of Brewton, was arrested February 24 after an ADOC Law Enforcement Services Division agent investigated an allegation of…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Business & Breakfast set for this Thursday
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Business & Breakfast Program helps the business community network with businesses in the community. The second Business & Breakfast of 2020 is this Thursday, March 12, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., HealthActions, 210 Brookwood Road, Atmore. This is free and open to both Chamber members and non-members alike. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Starting at 7:30 a.m., Business & Breakfast is an opportunity for…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Monday fire destroys Marshall Ave. home
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Marshall Avenue home was declared a total loss after a Monday morning (March 9) fire that started in a car parked in the garage was fanned by stiff winds and quickly spread throughout the home’s attic. The destructive blaze was reported to emergency dispatchers at 9:31 a.m. as a vehicle fire. City firefighters were conducting an inspection at a school just two blocks…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Finally, a decision
Council approves land swap for new hospital By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer For Escambia County Healthcare Authority officials, the Monday (March 9) Atmore City Council meeting represented a case of “fourth time lucky.” The council, having failed three times to act on a request for a donation of 10 acres in the Rivercane retail-industrial park for a new hospital, approved by a 4-1 vote a land swap under which…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago