Atmore News

Obituaries, week of March 2, 2022
Sally Barnett Bridgman Mrs. Sally Barnett Bridgman, age 62, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022.  She was born in Atmore to Ned and Ethel Prestwood Barnett.  She was a graduate of Troy University and worked as a secretary for many years with Brantley’s Tires.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Miles Brandon Bridgman and her siblings, Preston Barnett, Farrar Barnett and Glen Barnett.…
Game over
Man loses ‘freeze tag’ match with police By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An unidentified local man, the subject of several outstanding criminal warrants, apparently wanted so badly to share his inner childhood with Atmore and Poarch police that he followed bad advice and tried to make a game of his latest encounter with lawmen.According to a posting on the Atmore Police Department Facebook page, the “misguided citizen” was himself misled…
PCI Govt. Services lands Redstone contract
Special to Atmore News PCI Government Services LLC (PCI-GS) has been awarded a contract by the Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) to provide agency-wide program and acquisition support services under a five-year Blank Purchase Agreement (BPA).PCI-GS, a tribally owned limited liability corporation of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, will provide the arsenal with a list of services that includes program management support, acquisition support, strategic analysis support, data analysis…
Fla. manslaughter suspect captured here
Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Flomaton man, a fugitive from a Florida manslaughter warrant, was captured Valentine’s Day when an Atmore Police Department investigator spotted the suspect walking down a street in the city’s northwestern sector.According to a press release issued by APD Chief Chuck Brooks, the city detective spotted Timothy Lavon Johnson, 34, walking along Howard Street around 3:30 p.m., February 14.APD had been notified by Escambia…
Fast Lane shooting victims ‘uncooperative’
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators are at a standstill as they try to sort out the circumstances surrounding the January 10 shooting at the Fast Lane convenience store on Jack Springs Road.APD detectives reportedly have all the physical evidence they need on which to build their case. They just can’t get any cooperation from the intended targets of at least five shots that were fired during the…