Month: April 2022

Sherry Digmon

Martin retires at APCO
Ricky Martin and family, from left, son Sam, Ricky, wife Shannon, son Ben, and daughter Shannon. Ricky Martin with Melanie Christopher, Atmore’s new APCO manager. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher If you know Ricky Martin, you know he smiles all the time. But his smile may have been a little bigger and brighter Thursday, April 21, at his retirement reception at First Baptist Church.Current and past co-workers, family and friends dropped…
by Sherry Digmon access_time2 years ago
Obituaries, week of April 27, 2022
Geraldine McGhee Ms. Geraldine McGhee, age 73, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at her home in Poarch, Ala. She was a lifelong resident of Poarch. She was a proud member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Friendly Holiness Church. She enjoyed going to church and the Sail Center to play Bingo. She was an avid Alabama Football Fan. She enjoyed listening to gospel music, reading her bible,…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Heated GOP meeting
Candidate, former principal, says ‘railroaded out of county’ District 6 BOE incumbent Sherry Digmon District 6 BOE challenger Michael Bowens District 4 BOE incumbent Cindy Jackson District 4 BOE challenger John Brantley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee’s monthly meeting, held Monday evening (April 18) in the auditorium of Atmore City Hall, was a typical GOP get-together … for about 35 minutes.The highlight of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
More felony drug arrests from APD stops
Flowers Rodgers Knighten White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men, a Perdido man and a Bay Minette man were among the most recent individuals arrested after city police on routine patrol pulled over their respective vehicles for various equipment violations.No tagThe first incident happened around 9:45 p.m. on April 11, when a patrol officer noticed a vehicle with no tag traveling along Martin Luther King Drive. The vehicle…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Man charged with rape of child
Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 55-year-old Atmore man finds himself behind bars this week, charged with the rape several months ago of a friend’s child who had not yet reached his or her 13th birthday.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann confirmed this week that Curtis Lee Smith was arrested last Friday, April 15, after a joint investigation conducted by APD detectives and Escambia County Department of Human Resources…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago