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Atmore News

Making Christmas bright

Several men of Mt. Gillead #2 Missionary Baptist Church delivered 29 gift bags to the male residents at Atmore Nursing Center Friday, December 16. They were also planning a stop at the W.F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette to take a gift to a church member there. Shown at the delivery at ANC Friday are, from left, Wayne Gray, William Thomas, Harold Williams, David Quarker, Alfred Ingram, and Theodis…

Feeding Atmore

Members of the Yellow Hat Society and volunteers held a food giveaway Thursday, December 15, at Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. Before the appointed hour (10 a.m.) more than 120 vehicles were in line to pick up boxes of food. The Yellow Hats had received enough food from Feeding the Gulf Coast for 300 families. Shown at the giveaway are, from left, Escambia County Deputy Renee Peebles, Doris Knight,…

Obituaries, week of December 21, 2022

Ray Donald Welch Welch Mr. Ray Donald Welch, age 81, of Bratt, Fla., formerly of Indian Mills, N.J., passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022. He was born in Perdido, Ala. to Gary and Laura Levins Welch. He served in the United States Air Force and was employed with the oil refinery industry. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Curtis Welch. Mr. Welch is survived by his…

Meth baby born, mother jailed

Wooley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman, once a singer in her high school’s choir, was arrested December 7 after an investigation by city police confirmed allegations that her newborn child displayed signs of methamphetamine addiction when it was born not quite two months ago.Sheyanne Maeleigh Wooley, 22, remained in the Escambia County Detention Center early Tuesday, December 13, under a $10,000 bond. She is charged with one…

‘Santa in a Firetruck’ Dec. 19-23

News Staff Report Atmore Fire Department’s annual Santa in a Firetruck will take place on four nights during the week of December 19-23.The firetruck-borne Santa will appear in the city’s southwest quadrant (south of Nashville Avenue, west of Main Street) on Monday, December 19, and will be in the southeastern quadrant (south of Nashville, east of Main) on Tuesday, December 20.He will not make an appearance on Wednesday, December 21,…