Year: 2020

News Staff Report With August 7 set as the date local students will return to school, Alabama’s 15th annual Back to School Sales Tax Holiday will help parents and college students get ready for the commencement of classes. Atmore will again be participating in the holiday, which begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday (although no local stores are currently open that late) and continues through midnight Sunday, July 19. The moratorium…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A registered sex offender, who has resided in Atmore since shortly after his release from prison 20 months ago, is back behind bars after he allegedly showed photographs of a pornographic nature to a local teenager. Ernest Powell III, 40 (no local address provided), was arrested Monday, July 13, by Atmore Police Department detectives. He is charged with one count of transmitting obscene material…

Ervin By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man was sentenced July 8 by Escambia County (Fla.) Circuit Judge W. Joel Boles to serve at least 10 years in prison for twice stealing money — once at gunpoint — from a grocery store for which he once worked. According to a Pensacola News Journal report, Maurice Montraye Ervin, 27, was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison,…

News Staff Report Atmore Citizens for Change will host its 2020 Atmore Election Candidate Forum this Saturday, July 18, at The Club, located on Alabama 21. A meet-and-greet will take place from 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Candidates for all city offices will have the opportunity to meet voters and pass out campaign materials inside The Club. The candidate forum will begin at 6 p.m. and continue through 8:30 p.m.,…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Lawson What started as an aggravated assault case on June 29 became a murder investigation on July 4, after a 19-year-old Atmore man died from wounds he suffered when he was shot at a backyard gathering. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed late last week that city detectives are now in the midst of a homicide probe in the wake of the death of…