Year: 2021

Woman,men charged with drug possession Hadley Lassiter Jones By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman who admitted during a December 2 traffic stop that she had marijuana in her purse was arrested, but not for the small quantity of pot she had in her possession. Instead, it was what else that was in her purse that landed her in jail.APD Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that Sabrae Paeton…

Wallace By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News He’s been an English teacher, a minister and a US Marine, and now Coleman Wallace has a new job title: President of the Escambia County School Board.Originally from New Jersey, Wallace spent much of his life in the Garden State before retiring to Alabama in 2008. He spent time working at Drexel University and Antioch University in admissions and counseling. Years later he…

Kendall Students in two fifth-grade homerooms at Escambia County Middle School celebrated last Friday, December 3, the life of former classmate Kendall Watkins, who lost his life in a November 24 car crash. After a brief address and countdown by Counselor Jawuan Osborne, more than three dozen of Kendall’s classmates and school counselors shouted, “Celebrating Kendall’s life,” and released green and white balloons (donated by Southern Stems). The balloons briefly…

Special to Atmore News “Battle of the Badges,” the community’s first charity basketball contest pitting city police against city firemen, will take place next Tuesday, December 14, at Atmore Christian School.The event, billed as a “rivalry for the cause,” will raise funds to help with the annual “Christmas in Candyland” event, set for Saturday, December 18.Admission is $5 per person, and tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the local…

McGhee News Staff Report An Atmore man, already being sought for failure to appear in court for a review of a felony DUI charge, was arrested November 27 after he twice grabbed the private parts of a female employee of Atmore’s Walmart.David Allen McGhee, 60, of a Riley Road address, remained in the Escambia County Detention Center under a $300,000 bond as midweek approached, charged with one count of first-degree…