Atmore News

Firefighters battle warehouse blaze at Tiger-Sul
Westbound traffic on U.S. 31 was at 10:15 a.m. today (Friday, Jan. 6) still being diverted onto Industrial Drive as a fire continued to ravage a Tiger-Sul warehouse facility and threaten several sulfur-laden rail cars. A thick, black, sulfur-laced cloud hovered over the fertilizer production facility, just off U.S. 31 and across from Atmore Country Club, as Atmore Fire Chief Ron Peebles and emergency personnel hurried to employ fire hydrants.…
Obituaries, week of January 11, 2023
Rickey Edward McGhee McGhee Mr. Rickey Edward McGhee, age 69, of Poarch, Ala., passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2023. He was born to Curtis Edward and Pearline Daughtry McGhee. He was a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and a sheet metal worker for the Civil Service. He served in the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Lori Patterson McGhee; his grandchild,…