Day: February 1, 2023

Bostic By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested January 24 on a felony drug charge after he was unable to keep his balance as he walked along Alabama 21, inside the city limits.Police reports show that a city police officer saw Samuel Bostic, 47, as he stumbled into the roadway near Waves Car Wash around 1 a.m. The officer watched Bostic for a brief period and noticed…

Roberson Pratt By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, convicted four years ago of enticing a child under the age of 12 for immoral purposes, was one of three local men turned down for parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles (ABPP).Ricky Terrell Pratt, now 24, was arrested in 2017 and sentenced in 2019 to serve 10 years in prison after he pled guilty…

Jones Gates By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested January 26 and is charged with committing sex crimes against a young member of his family over a period of several years.Vonsha Jones, 29, of Atmore was arrested by Atmore police and processed into the Escambia County Detention Center. He is charged with one count each of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12, first-degree…

Special to Atmore News Gov. Kay Ivey announced recently that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate is 2.8 percent, up slightly from November’s 2.7 percent rate, and significantly lower than the 3.1 percent recorded in December 2021.December 2022’s rate represents 63,412 unemployed persons, compared to 63,004 in November 2022 and 69,434 in December 2021. The state had 56,418 more employed residents in 2022 than it did the previous year,…