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Atmore News

Stewarts celebrate 70 years of marriage

Wedding day, 1952 Donna and Leon Stewart Leon and Donna Stewart will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on September 5, 2022. They were married on September 5, 1952 in the Bride’s home church in Piedmont, Virginia. Their formula for a happy marriage has always included devotion to God first, and to each other second. This union has proven to be a blessing to so many people! During the course of…

Patterson Street Fun Day

Dozens of kids enjoy free food, interact with lawmen Atmore Police Officer Gordon Brooks helps a youngster slam dunk the ball. Sheriff Heath Jackson, at left, and Police Chief Chuck Brooks pose with the boys who were winners of basketball goals. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Dozens of local youngsters and their parents or guardians enjoyed four hours of food, fun and interaction with law enforcement officers during the second…

Obituaries, week of August 31, 2022

Billy Alexander McCaster McCaster Mr. Billy “Wild Bill” Alexander McCaster, age 60, of Atmore, Ala. passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at Covenant Hospice at Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, Fla. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 2, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Emanuel Faith Center, 710 E. Ridgeley Street with Bishop Wayne Johnson, Pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Turner Funeral Chapel in charge of all arrangements.…

Auditions set

Auditions for the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ next show, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” will be held Sunday, August 28, at 2 p.m..This is an all adult cast with performances October 13, 14, 15, and 16.

High-speed chase

Atmore man rams APD unit, pursued Ivy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center this week, held under $250,000 bond on an attempted murder charge, after leading Atmore police, Baldwin County deputies and Alabama state troopers on a high-speed chase during which he rammed an unmarked Atmore Police Department vehicle.According to a press release issued August 16, the day of the incident,…