Year: 2021

Atmore News

Atmore’s Coastal Growers named in governor’s report
Statewide, $4.8 billion in new investment in 2020 MONTGOMERY – Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, economic development activity across Alabama in 2020 generated close to $5 billion in new capital investment and almost 10,000 job commitments, Governor Kay Ivey announced last week.With significant growth projects recorded in key strategic industrial sectors, Governor Ivey said the activity will strengthen the foundations of Alabama’s economy and help accelerate the…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Probe continues into fatal Woods Road shooting
No arrest had been announced by 10:40 a.m. today (Friday, April 9) as Atmore Police Department investigators began to wrap up their probe into Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a Prichard man, by his girlfriend, at her Woods Road residence. The woman reportedly called 911 dispatchers around 2:12 p.m. Wednesday and reported that she had shot her boyfriend during a domestic incident. Authorities arrived at the residence, in the 3300 block…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
APD investigating fatal Wednesday shooting on Woods Rd.
Atmore police continued today (Thursday, Apr. 8 their investigation into yesterday’s fatal shooting of a Prichard man by his girlfriend, at her Woods Road residence. According to a press release issued by Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks, emergency dispatchers received a call around 2:12 p.m. from a woman who reported that she had shot her boyfriend during a “domestic violence incident.” Police, county deputies and an ASAP ambulance crew were…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of April 11, 2021
Janice Marie Seals Hall Mrs. Janice Marie Seals Hall, age 65, of Atmore, Ala., passed away April 4, 2021, Resurrection Sunday. She was born in Atmore to the late William J. Seals and Melvie Z. Seals. She was a native of Nokomis, Fla. She was an Ernest Ward High School graduate and Capps College as a Registered Medical Nurse Assistant. She had been employed at Vanity Fair and New South Apparel,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Food scores released
The following Escambia County food / lodging establishment ratings were released by the Alabama Department of Public Health for March. Ratings are ranked by score, low to high.FSE = Food Service EstablishmentBurger King #12520, Atmore, 85, FSETaco Bell #30463, Atmore, 91, FSEMcDonald’s #33548, 5995 Hwy. 21, Atmore, 91, FSEDiamond Gasoline #22, 1421 South Main Street, Atmore, 92, limited foodR&F Foods of Alabama, Inc., 600 E. Church Street, Atmore, 94, retail…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago