Month: February 2023

Jackson Nicholson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two area men — both part of the state prison system’s work release program — were denied parole during recent hearings before the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The first to be turned down, on January 19, was former Flomaton resident Buddie Lamar Jackson, who is currently housed at the Mobile Work Release facility.Jackson was convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 20 years…

From left, Terion Lilly, Ben Sherrod, Alicia Sherrod, and Alecse Copeland are shown during the event. Special to Atmore News Atmore Urban Development (AUD) and Excess Telecom combined to distribute electronic tablets during two events held recently at the Church Street Incubator.The government-issued tablets were distributed — with a minimum $11 copay — to qualified applicants under the Federal Communications Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program.According to Anne Powell, president of AUD,…

Wooten By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested February 13 after city police responded around 2:20 a.m. to a report of a wreck near the junction of U.S. 31 and Florida Highway.Officers discovered shortly after arrival that there was no traffic accident. Instead, they found 50-year-old Richard Wooten, who officers suspected of being under the influence of narcotics since he was “extremely paranoid.”Wooten had commandeered his former…

Boutwell Dean Pitts By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two recent traffic stops by Atmore police officers resulted in the arrests of three people, all from outside Atmore, on felony drug possession charges.The first incident occurred around 11:25 p.m., February 13, after an Atmore Police Department patrol officer spotted a vehicle that was being “driven erratically” along East Horner Street.According to police reports, while the officer was questioning the driver, 21-year-old…