Year: 2021

Community favorite is back News Staff Report Mayfest 2019 was cut short due to rain. Mayfest 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19. But Mayfest 2021 is a go, according to the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce.You’re invited to Tom Byrne Park this Saturday, May 1, for a day of arts and crafts, food, entertainment, and kids’ activities (rock-climbing wall, face painting, pony rides, moonwalks, slides, the Williams Station train ride,…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police are looking for a local man in connection with a Sunday night shooting that left two men injured, including his brother, who was critically wounded.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said in a Tuesday, April 27, press release that Scottie Dale Robinson, 28, is believed to have fired the shots. Robinson, who was not yet in custody when the release was issued, is being sought…

John Knott announces his retirement at the BOE meeting By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Most folks in the room knew what Superintendent of Education John Knott meant when he said, “We may as well get the elephant out of the room.” Most had heard that just that morning, he had announced at a principals’ meeting that he was planning to retire after seven years as the school system superintendent. His official…

Victim of Friday house fire Akers The “Earle house” on Jack Springs Road By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer An Atmore resident, Evelyn Glen Akers, 73, has passed away after being pulled from a late Friday evening (April 23) blaze by firefighters at a home located at 2902 Jack Springs, known to the community as the Earle home.Atmore fire crews were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, to serve as…

A truck driver was killed in a one-vehicle accident early Thursday morning (April 22) on Highway 97, Escambia County, Fla. The victim was a 52-year-old male from Mobile. The following is from the Florida Highway Patrol press release: On 22 April, 2021, at approximately 06:22AM, the Florida Highway Patrol was dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving a log truck on State Road 97 just south of Meadows Road. The…