Day: June 15, 2022

Jeffery Strugg, convicted of a 2009 murder in Mobile County, is back behind bars after enjoying about 18 hours of freedom. Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced shortly after noon today (Monday, May 16) that Strugg, who escaped from the minimum-custody Mobile Community Based Facility in Prichard around 5:25 p.m. Sunday, was recaptured around 11:25 a.m. today, in Mobile, by ADOC’s Law Enforcement Services Division, who used a K9 team…

Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer After a months-long flurry of such arrests, the county jail’s website and Atmore police reports indicate that city officers made only one felony drug arrest over the seven-day period ending Monday, June 13.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the June 10 arrest — like most of the drug arrests reported over the past several months by city police — stemmed from a…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four of five Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval to three spending resolutions, formally added a new city holiday, and approved use of a city park for an upcoming back-to-school celebration during the council’s Monday, June 13, meeting.The council, sitting without District 5 rep Chris Harrison, quickly passed each of the resolutions. (Harrison was absent due to a family emergency, Mayor Jim Staff reported.)The…