Atmore News

Gov. Ivey amends Safer at Home Order to reflect latest CDC guidance
Special to Atmore News MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday [March 22] issued her 25th supplemental emergency proclamation to further amend the recently extended Safer at Home order. Apart from the technical revisions made Monday and on March 12, 2021, the health order remains identical to the order issued by Governor Ivey and Dr. Scott Harris on March 4, 2021. Monday’s order amends paragraph 14 (“Educational institutions”) to reflect…
No parole for predator convict
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A state inmate whose four-decades-plus string of crimes include two committed while in a state corrections facility outside Atmore, was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles. Paul Webster, 50, who is doing time after convictions in four Alabama counties (three of them for offenses committed while he was incarcerated), will remain behind state bars for at least…
UBAB acquires Town-Country National Bank
Special to Atmore News United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc. (“UBAB”) announced last week that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Town-Country National Bank (“TCNB”), a Camden, Ala. based community bank with approximately $126.2 million in total assets as of December 31, 2020. TCNB shareholders will receive aggregate cash consideration of $28.5 million, with a portion of the consideration paid as a special dividend prior to the close of…
Teen runaway back with family
A 15-year-old girl who left a Baldwin County diversion center without permission on March 16 has been located and is now reportedly with family members. Deanna Simpson said early this evening (Tuesday, March 23) that her niece, Rebekah Bundrum, called relatives around 4:00t his afternoon when the news of her disappearance spread across the state after the brief story and several photographs were posted on the Atmore News Facebook page.…
Vandals damage depot
Atmore police received a report on March 17 that the train depot building along East Nashville Avenue, Alabama’s official Rail Welcome Center, had been vandalized. Reports indicate that all the windows in the landmark building were broken and that “several railroad rocks” were found inside. Damage is estimated at $600. Police officials urged anyone having information that could help APD solve the case, to call 368-9141.