Atmore News

SP5 Rayford Gohagin’s memory honored with a chair at The Strand
Military photo-collage courtesy of the Virtual Wall website By BONNIE BARTEL LATINOSpecial to Atmore News The Escambia County High School Class of ‘66 has donated an additional $500 to The Pride of Atmore for a chair at the newly renovated Strand Theater on South Main Street in Atmore. This chair will bear a small plaque on the backrest that will read: SP5 RAYFORD GOHAGIN; KIA in Vietnam, 5-13-69; ECHS CLASS OF 1966. Assigned…
ABPP denies parole for area men
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…
AUD, Excess Telecom partner to distribute tablets
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,…
Attack on tractor leads to felony mischief arrest
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…
Traffic stops lead to felony drug charges for out-of-towners
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…