Atmore News

COVID vaccine update
Monday, March 22, 2021 News Staff Report Beginning March 22, vaccine eligibility expanded to include phase 1c and people 55 years and older. The expansion to 1c includes people with high-risk medical conditions, additional critical workers, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. People in phase 1a and 1b are also eligible to be vaccinated. The Alabama COVID-19 Vaccination Allocation Plan outlines the various phases, and is available here: www.alabamapublichealth.gov/covid19vaccine/assets/adph-covid19-vaccination-allocation-plan.pdf…
Protecting critical GOMESA revenues
Congressman Jerry Carl For the past 15 years, Alabama has benefitted significantly from revenues received through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GOMESA). The GOMESA program sets aside 37.5 percent of federal royalties from new Gulf oil and natural gas drilling leases for the four Gulf oil producing states – Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The funds can be used for coastal conservation projects, coastal preservation projects,…
Shamrock Shuffle
Runners and walkers ready for the Shamrock Shuffle The inaugural Main Street Atmore Shamrock Shuffle was held Saturday, March 20. Winners were as follows: Ages 17 & under 1. Riley Brooks and Adeline Moore 2. Leah Cate Moore 3. Emma Kathlyn Powell Ages 18-49 1. Taylor Becton 2. Owen Moore 3. Jason Weber Ages 50 + 1. Don Metzler 2. Alan Ash 3. David Gehman Spirit Award: Ernie Digmon Main…
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…