Month: April 2021

Don Fletcher

Mayfest a go; Pow Wow canceled
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce officials announced that one of the community’s most popular festivals would resume after a one-year hiatus, officials of Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced that its annual Thanksgiving Pow Wow will be put on hold for the second straight year.Chamber officials announced on the organization’s Facebook page that the annual Mayfest observance — postponed, then canceled last year due…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Community center in YMCA building?
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The former Atmore Area YMCA building that has remained vacant, shuttered and mold-ridden since the organization ceased operations more than two years ago, might have a bright future.Mayor Jim Staff told city council members during a Monday, April 12, workshop that he has been working on a plan to utilize the historic building, which once served as the city high school, or…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Self defense?
Grand jury to decide if woman will be charged in boyfriend’s death By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that a county grand jury would ultimately decide whether or not charges will be filled against an Atmore woman who told authorities she shot her boyfriend to death during a violent domestic dispute.Police investigators are continuing to tie up loose ends in their probe of…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Atmore’s Coastal Growers named in governor’s report
Statewide, $4.8 billion in new investment in 2020 MONTGOMERY – Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, economic development activity across Alabama in 2020 generated close to $5 billion in new capital investment and almost 10,000 job commitments, Governor Kay Ivey announced last week.With significant growth projects recorded in key strategic industrial sectors, Governor Ivey said the activity will strengthen the foundations of Alabama’s economy and help accelerate the…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Probe continues into fatal Woods Road shooting
No arrest had been announced by 10:40 a.m. today (Friday, April 9) as Atmore Police Department investigators began to wrap up their probe into Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a Prichard man, by his girlfriend, at her Woods Road residence. The woman reportedly called 911 dispatchers around 2:12 p.m. Wednesday and reported that she had shot her boyfriend during a domestic incident. Authorities arrived at the residence, in the 3300 block…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago