Month: July 2022

Atmore News

Troopers report 8 traffic fatalities, 8 boat crashes over July 4th holiday
Special to Atmore News Troopers within Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol and Marine Patrol divisions spent the extended Independence Day weekend patrolling Alabama roadways and waterways, while ALEA pilots kept an eye on the state’s Gulf Coast beaches from the air.During the holiday period, which began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 1, and ended at midnight Monday, July 4, highway patrol troopers investigated eight traffic fatalities, with crashes occurring…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Fountain escapee recaptured in Birmingham
Williams By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Fountain Correctional Facility inmate who escaped from the facility June 12 is back behind bars.Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced that Edward Cortez Williams, 41, was recaptured early last Friday, July 8, in the same county as he was convicted in 2004. He was serving a life sentence (999 years, 99 months, 99 days) that was imposed after he was convicted of six…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Council approves minutes, pays bills, adjourns
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Anyone who arrived more than a minute after 4 p.m. missed most of Monday’s Atmore City Council meeting.Mayor Pro Tem Shawn Lassiter (District 4) was out of town on business and unable to attend the meeting, but he didn’t miss much.The mayor and the four council members in attendance neither discussed nor voted on any business item during the meeting, which lasted barely 3 minutes…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Fighting for a strong national defense
Congressman Jerry Carl Every year, the President lays out a budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. I wrote earlier this year how disappointed I was in President Biden’s budget proposal for the upcoming year because it increased all types of social spending, while allowing our defense budget to fall well behind the rate of inflation. While the president’s budget proposal is symbolic since Congress controls the purse strings, it…
by Submitted Article access_time2 years ago
Apply for a grant
Special to Atmore News Through its competitive grant-making process, The Community Foundation of South Alabama (“CFSA”) awards grants to local nonprofits serving Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe, Conecuh, Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington counties. CFSA believes by working together, the community can provide equal opportunity for all children, regardless of zip code, to grow into capable adults who can contribute to a prosperous and sustainable society.The Community Foundation of South Alabama has…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago