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Don Fletcher

Classic car from ‘Bubba Cruz 4’ stolen, burned; reward offered

One of the sleekest cars in the recent Bubba Cruz 4 parade in honor of “Bubba” Ardis was stolen, apparently during today’s predawn hours (Thursday, August 5), from a Lottie field, then burned and abandoned beside a rural Escambia County road. Sheriff’s reports on the incident were not immediately available, but Thomas Ardis (brother to Bubba Ardis) said the stolen vehicle – a powder blue 1964 SS Chevrolet Impala —…

Obituaries, week of August 11, 2021

Jeri Y. Cisneros Cisneros Mrs. Jeri Y. Cisneros, age 57, passed away on August 1, 2021 in Atmore, Ala. She was born in Atmore to the late James Lafayette Findley, Jr. and Lora Foreman Findley. She was a member of New Home Pentecostal Church. She was an LPN with PCI Home Health. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lora Foreman Springer and father, Jesse Guy Springer; her siblings,…

COVID vaccinations

Escambia County Health Department’s Atmore office will continue to offer, without appointments, free COVID-19 vaccinations from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. each Monday during August. The Atmore office, located in the satellite courthouse off U.S. 31 (East Nashville Avenue), will offer the immunizations on August 9, 16, 23 and 30.

Shoplifter busted for Spice

Williamson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A wheelchair-bound Atmore man, sought as a shoplifting suspect, also wound up with a felony drug charge after he was found to be in possession of a small amount of synthetic marijuana.Atmore Police Department Capt. John Stallworth reported that city police were called July 22 to Dollar General on South Main Street.The store manager reported that a man in a wheelchair was spotted concealing…

COVID on the rise

Number of cases has soared since June By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Visitors to patients confined to Atmore Community Hospital are discovering that several safety precautions — including some that have been in place for nearly two years — are still in place. And, with the recent national upswing in confirmed COVID-19 cases, more restrictions could be returning.ACH Administrator Brad Lowery noted this week the dramatic increase in the number…