Month: May 2021

Special to Atmore News The Alabama Department of Corrections released this week an update on the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on state inmates. The update: INMATE POPULATION ADOC has confirmed that one additional inmate has tested positive for COVID-19 as of May 12: *Fountain Correctional Facility (Atmore, Alabama) – one inmate Newly identified positive case(s) include inmate(s) who are symptomatic and inmate(s) who are asymptomatic. All existing quarantine protocols held in-place…

Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital’s (ACH) surgery department has upgraded their surgical equipment to now include a Stryker SafeAir Smoke Evacuation System. The new upgrade was put into service April 2021.“The Stryker SafeAir System makes surgery safer for both the patient and our surgical teams,” ACH administrator Brad Lowery said. “Though Alabama does not require smoke evacuation systems for surgery, we felt that adding an extra level of…

Mealer By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Brewton woman — sentenced in 2019 to serve 15 years in prison for drug possession and another, unspecified, drug felony — was granted parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles.Crystal Megan Mealer, 44, was released from Birmingham Work Release after having served two years and five months of the sentence, including 84 days of jail credit. She was…

Pensacola Sports held its annual Senior Scholar Athlete Awards program Tuesday, May 11, at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola. There were 227 senior student athletes nominated from Escambia (Fla.) and Santa Rosa county schools. Meredith McGhee, Northview High School, was selected as the overall individual sports winner for girls’ golf. She received a one-year renewable scholarship from Pensacola State College. Selections were made by a committee consisting of educators, community…