Year: 2022

Donations pouring in for storm victims Melanie Booker left, and Marlo Young sort donated items Tuesday morning. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Residents across the county have responded in force to help the families who lost their homes and virtually everything in them to the 100 mph straight-line winds that devastated Big Oak Trailer Park on March 18.“The community has really rallied around these families,” said Marlo Young, Mental Health…

Myers By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was charged with felony theft after she attempted to leave the local Walmart with more than $500 worth of items for which she had not paid.According to Atmore Police Department reports, the incident happened around 10:45 a.m. last Wednesday, March 23.Police who responded to a reported shoplifting incident to find that Walmart employees had stopped 48-year-old Linda Evans Myers as she…

Joiner Wood By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A predawn traffic stop by an Atmore Police Department patrol officer resulted in felony drug charges against an Atmore man and a McDavid, Fla. man.APD Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the patrol officer pulled over a vehicle that was traveling along a residential street shortly before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, March 25, without a tag.The vehicle was occupied by Dakota Joiner, 28, of Atmore,…

Jackson News Staff Report Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson was recently sworn as a member of the Alabama Sheriff’s Association Board of Directors.Jackson will fill the post of “Sheriff Big John Williams Sergeant-at-Arms,” a position named for slain Lowndes County Sheriff ‘Big John’ Williams, who was shot to death in 2019 while trying to disburse a crowd at a Hayneville convenience store.In a related item, retired Escambia County Circuit Court…