Atmore News

Santa on firetruck returns next week
Santa Claus will return to Atmore this year to tour the city atop a fire truck, extending Christmas wishes to kids of all ages.The Jolly Old Elf will be in town for the special visit next Monday (December 20), Tuesday (December 21) and Thursday (December 23), from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day.He will ride through the city’s northeastern sector on Monday, the southeastern portion on Tuesday and the…
Traffic stops lead to felony drug arrests
Lambeth Wiggins Pipkins Freeman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police continued to rack up felony drug arrests over the past week, as methamphetamine possession charges were filed against two Atmore men, a Perdido man and a Robertsdale man.APD Chief Chuck Brooks reported this week that the four arrests were the result of three separate traffic stops. One incident also included a charge for resisting arrest, while two of the…
Christmas in Candyland is Saturday
News Staff Report The 14th annual Christmas in Candyland event, a holiday party for youngsters throughout the Atmore area, will take place this Saturday, December 18, at Grace Fellowship Church.The fun and fellowship will begin at 3 p.m., said Betty Cox, founder and administrator of Change of Mind Outreach, the event’s sponsor. The annual party includes a hot meal, free Christmas goodies, free toys and games for the youngsters, and…
Holiday trash pickup
News Staff Report Calvin Grace, director of the City of Atmore Streets & Sanitation Department, announced that solid waste collection would proceed as usual on Christmas Eve (December 24) and the Monday after Christmas (December 27).City crews will begin running routes at 7 a.m. each day and could possibly arrive earlier or later than usual at various locations, he said.The city’s recycling center at 412 East Ridgeley Street will be…
Council OK’s equipment for AFD,approves other resolutions
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council approved six separate resolutions and named two individuals to the city’s zoning board during the council’s Monday, December 13, meeting.Each of the resolutions was passed unanimously, with no discussion and no comment, by city governors, who also voted in unison to appoint Elliott Faircloth and Shaquanda Kyles to the Board of Zoning Adjustments.The first resolution was to allow Civil Southeast to apply…