Year: 2021

Atmore News

New arrivals at the library
Check out the new arrivals at Atmore Public Library. Patrons rate new arrivalsSeveral patrons are sharing their opinions of the new books they’ve read. Five stars is the top rating. Michelle Amerson: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel  5 stars Sarah Hall: Another Kind of Eden by James Lee Burke  5 stars Shelia Trawick: An Amish Barn Raising by Amy Clipston  4 ½ stars Jean Nisewonger: The Music…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Lions hear update on Strand, hardware store projects
Lions Club speaker Stephanie Rolin with Lion Bub Gideons Lion Club President Taylor Lee presented the Melvin Jones Fellow plaque to Bub Gideons By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club held its September 15 meeting at the Atmore Country Club. This meeting was also streamed on Zoom for members unable to attend in person.Lion President Taylor Lee called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Obituaries, week of September 22, 2021
Eugene Lacy Wheeler II Mr. Eugene Lacy Wheeler II, age 38, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Sunday, September 12, 2021. He was born in Bratt, Fla. He was a 2001 graduate of Northview High School and Bishop State Community in 2014. He worked as an Instrumentation and Electrical Technician at BASF in McIntosh, Ala. His favorite activities were hunting, fishing, family picnics, and spending time with his sons on the…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Kilo of Spice
Drug agents seize 42 ounces of synthetic marijuana Jones The confiscated Spice By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police and Alabama Drug Task Force agents seized more than a kilogram of synthetic marijuana last Thursday (September 9) after an Atmore man with outstanding warrants against him was spotted driving along a city street.According to a press release issued by city police, Charlton Orlando Jones, 32, tried to elude officers but…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Driver not badly hurt when SUV slams into utility pole
A piece of the pole was lodged in the Tahoe’s grill By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A woman escaped serious injury last Thursday, September 9, after her Chevy Tahoe slammed into an East Horner Street utility pole with enough force to cause a two-foot piece of the pole to become lodged in her vehicle’s grill.The single-vehicle mishap occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. City firefighters and police officers finally cleared the…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago