Month: April 2023

Sherry Digmon

Hixon not the pastor
By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher In the April 19 edition of Atmore News, we printed an article naming Leonard Lashawn Hixon as pastor of The Christ Temple Church – The House of Prayer. In the article, Mr. Hixon had been arrested for alleged sex crimes.The following morning after the paper came out, we received two phone calls, letting us know that Hixon was not the pastor. One caller said he was…
by Sherry Digmon access_time1 year ago
National Day of Prayer is May 4
“Pray Fervently In Righteousness And Avail Much”James 5:16B By LINDA GODWINSpecial to Atmore News The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. The Task Force is a privately funded…
by Submitted Article access_time1 year ago
Atmore woman facesfirst-degree pot charge
Boatwright By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was arrested April 14 by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies and charged with felony pot possession.Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows that Khalila Kechlyren Boatwright, 44, was processed into the jail on one count of first-degree possession of marijuana.Under Alabama Criminal Code, first-degree possession of marijuana (Class C felony) is charged if the pot’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Woman jailed for domestic assault; fugitive nabbed
Howard Finney By DON FLETCHERNew Staff Writer Atmore police arrested a local woman who stabbed or sliced another person during a domestic incident and took into custody a local man who was on the lam from authorities in another state.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said the domestic incident happened around 1:45 p.m. on April 23, when APD officers responded to a domestic violence report at a residence in the…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Man arrested for burglary
Mitchell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was taken into custody April 17 by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies after he failed to appear in court to answer a felony burglary charge.Not all details were immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows Eric Depaul Mitchell, 44, was arrested after he was a no-show in circuit court, where he faced charges of first-degree burglary and third-degree…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago