Christmas Parade photo gallery
Photos by Ditto Gorme
Vandalism on Main
Glass shattered in block-long series of downtown windows, doors Mike Smith puts plywood on one of the Atmore News windows. Brown By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local man with a penchant for — and history of — breaking glass was arrested Sunday afternoon, December 10, just hours after he left a block-long string of shattered shop windows and splintered glass doors in Atmore’s downtown business district.Atmore police took 42-year-old…
‘Miracle in the making’
Dedication held at site of future We Care Thrift Store location Don Metzler, left, talks about the new shop as Nathan Kennell, left, and Kevin Kennell, right, hold the sign that was erected at the site. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer We Care Thrift Store, located at the corner of Main Street and Nashville Avenue, has been a part of the downtown business community for the past 34 years. By…
Former tire shop owner arrested for $15K theft
Rowland By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Former Atmore businessman Christopher Michael Rowland, who was forced to sell his business, Rowland Tire Shop, four years ago after being charged by a supplier with theft by deception, has been arrested again after funds were discovered missing from another local tire company for which he used to work.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported Tuesday morning, December 12, that Rowland was arrested on…
Santa!
Santa visited Atmore Sunday, December 10, to take part in the annual Christmas parade which had been postponed from the day before due to threatening weather. Sunday evening was cold and windy but that didn’t stop folks from lining the streets to bring in the Christmas season.