Year: 2023

WEU’s first-ever boil advisory lifted after lab reports negative results West Escambia and City of Atmore employees work to fix the broken pipe. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Finally, after two full days and two partial ones of badly discolored tap water that wasn’t safe to drink, things have returned to normal for most Atmore residents.West Escambia Utilities Manager Kenny Smith announced shortly after midday Monday (February 13) the lifting…

15 and counting Sissy and Alex Rolin celebrated 15 years as a married couple, 17 years together, on February 9. Sissy said the couple — who have a son, Lagan, and a daughter, Emily — “rode around and enjoyed each other’s time” in celebration of the occasion. She also remembered of her husband that “the very first day I saw him, I knew he was mine.” Congratulations to the couple,…

At last Friday’s meeting, from left, Mary Wirth, Shinora Redmond, Joe Borgstrom By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer One of the principals of a Michigan-based economic development consulting firm told Main Street Atmore board members, local real estate agents and others during a meeting last Friday, February 10, that the city of Atmore’s downtown area has “a ton of potential,” but has a long way to go before it can fully…

Cooper By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police announced Monday the February 10 arrest of a local man who is charged with numerous crimes related to his shooting into an occupied house.Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that patrol officers were sent around 6:05 p.m. to a residence on King Street in response to a reported shooting.Officers determined after talking with witnesses that George Cooper, 44, had forced open the house’s front…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members knocked out a two-item business agenda in less than five minutes during their Monday, February 13, meeting.The only business items taken care of Monday were the appointment of an individual to a city commission and the issuance of a special business license.First, Lori Stinson was appointed to serve a one-year term on the city’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). (Commission members do…