Day: May 3, 2023

Don Fletcher

Mayfest
Community’s Spring festival this Saturday By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Anna Ellis said this week that this year’s Mayfest celebration would feature an array of attractions designed to meet the expectations of people of all ages.“We’ve got something for everyone,” said Ellis of the community’s Spring festival, which will take place this Saturday, May 6, at Tom Byrne Park.Chamber officials said the annual…
by Don Fletcher access_time12 months ago
Stepmother, state CO,charged in child beating
Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman who works as a corrections officer with the state prison system was arrested recently by city police after an investigation into allegations she severely beat her 8-year-old stepdaughter as punishment for an undisclosed transgression.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said this week that 43-year-old Lateshia Monique Lewis Jackson was charged with one count of willful child abuse.Reports show that APD officers…
by Don Fletcher access_time12 months ago
Sex offender sentenced
Gibbs By BO BOLTONMonroe Journal Publisher Minister Garyl Jermaine Gibbs, 50, who pled guilty in Monroe County Circuit Court to two counts of “deviant sexual intercourse” with minors, was sentenced to 60 months of supervised probation to run concurrently in a plea bargain agreement reached Monday, May 1.Gibbs, the minister of A Call to Life Apostolic Church, located across the street from the former outlet mall in Monroeville and near…
by Atmore News access_time12 months ago
Board denies parole for Atmore, Brewton men
Nolan Knighten By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles recently denied parole for an Atmore man and a Brewton man, each of whom is serving a 20-year sentence.Derrick Gene Knighten of Atmore was convicted in 2020 of manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and altering the identification number of a pistol.An Atmore Police Department traffic stop along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive…
by Don Fletcher access_time12 months ago
Harrison new PCIFS president
Harrison Special to Atmore News (Atmore, AL) —Poarch Creek Indians Federal Services (PCIFS), a Tribal Government Services provider to U.S. Federal Agencies and the Department of Defense (DoD), has announced that Joseph (Joe) Harrison has been named as president of PCIFS. Harrison will be responsible for the management of 12 active LLCs and associated Joint Ventures (JVs) under the PCIFS family of businesses. He will report directly to PCIFS corporate…
by Atmore News access_time12 months ago