Atmore News

PCRC serves those in need
Special to Atmore News On Wednesday, December 8, Progressive Civic & Recreational Club, Inc. distributed turkeys to needy families in the Atmore area.PCRC serves the community by assisting the elderly in need, sponsoring scholarships to graduating high school seniors, donating to the food bank, giving baskets to the needy, honoring a Mother and Father of the Year, and sponsoring youth teams in basketball and baseball, just to name a few…
Former FHS athletic trainer arrested for sex with student
Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An investigation that began just over three weeks ago resulted in the arrest Thursday, December 9, of a woman who is charged with having sex with a Flomaton High School student while she was working as an athletic trainer at the school.According to a press release issued by Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson, ECSO investigators began on Nov. 15 to look into a…
No parole for Atmore man
Johnson Piland Swann By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, sentenced two years ago to a prison term but still in the Escambia County Detention Center awaiting transfer, was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Emmanuel Mandella Johnson, 31, is technically serving a 97-month sentence after his 2019 conviction on charges of first-degree marijuana possession. He is also awaiting trial on his March…
AFD welcomes 2 new firefighters
AFD Chief Ron Peebles (center) is flanked by rookie firefighters Kyle Hostetler, at left, and DeMarcus McMillian. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Fire Department officially welcomed two new firefighters last week when cadets DeMarcus McMillian and Kyle Hostetler graduated from Alabama Fire College in Mobile.McMillian, 28, was reared in Mobile and Atmore. The son of Melinda Howard and Alex McMillian of Mobile, he and his wife Evette have two…
EA boys defeat Northview; Lady Cougars fall
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Landon Sims helped lead Escambia Academy win over the Northview Chiefs last Friday, December 10, 64-49. Sims led the Cougars in points, racking up 26. According to EA head coach Willie White, the Cougars were flying into the game against Northview blind. “I had never seen this team place before Friday’s game, since I have only been at the helm for EA since the 2020…