Month: August 2021

Josh Frye

ECSO helps man reach home
By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer Local law enforcement officials, responding to a report of a possible burglary in progress around 8:45 a.m., found instead a vagrant who was simply searching for food and water as he attempted to make his way back to north Alabama.The incident occurred last Wednesday (July 28) in the area of Ima Lane and Bell Fork Road, just off Alabama 21 North, in Atmore’s police jurisdiction.…
by Josh Frye access_time3 years ago
ASAP-to-Medstar ambulance transition expected Sept. 1
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The finer points of an agreement between county healthcare officials and a Summerdale-headquartered emergency medical services provider are still being worked out, but there is no doubt a new ambulance service will soon be operating in and around Atmore.“We are targeting September 1 as the date for transition to ground service from ASAP to Medstar,” said Jeff Booth, Escambia County Health Care Authority’s (ECHCA) chief…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Board rejects bids by parole hopefuls
Mackey Rice Mealer Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four state inmates with local ties, including an Atmore man and a convict who escaped from state custody briefly during a work detail in Atmore more than a dozen years ago, were denied parole during recent hearings held by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Damian Lamont Mackey, 43, is serving a 20-year sentence that resulted from his 2006 conviction in…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Protecting the Hyde Amendment
Congressman Jerry Carl For the past 40 years, Congress has upheld a policy to prevent tax dollars from being used by federal agencies to promote or perform abortions. This policy, known as the Hyde Amendment, has historically garnered bipartisan support and has saved more than 2.5 million lives. Congress has attached this policy to every appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) since 1980, but now…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
Ribbon cutting
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Café 251 Monday, August 2. Chamber board members and Ambassadors, friends and family joined the owners and employees for the occasion. Shown are, from left, front, Noah Graham, Brandy Giger, Arica Selzer, David Dobson, Callie Simon, Alana Sigafoose, Destiny Patterson, Rachel Pickette, Emily Lee, Bradyn Smallwood, William Edwards, Katherine Blackwell; middle, Emilee Waters, Brandon Beachy, Porsche Helton, Zahria McCants,…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago