Year: 2023

Westbound traffic on U.S. 31 was at 10:15 a.m. today (Friday, Jan. 6) still being diverted onto Industrial Drive as a fire continued to ravage a Tiger-Sul warehouse facility and threaten several sulfur-laden rail cars. A thick, black, sulfur-laced cloud hovered over the fertilizer production facility, just off U.S. 31 and across from Atmore Country Club, as Atmore Fire Chief Ron Peebles and emergency personnel hurried to employ fire hydrants.…

Men ‘lucky to be alive’ after one encounters downed power lines during rescue try The Camaro sheared a power pole before coming to rest. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Note: Updated to correct victim’s name Two Atmore-area men came close to seeing their last New Year’s Day when one stepped on live power lines while trying to rescue the other from a single-vehicle wreck that occurred in the predawn hours…

Hot-air driven craft fill skies over Atmore; hundreds come for rides, ‘glow’ spectacle In photo above pilots prepare to launch their balloons Sunday morning January 1. Below, the sundown glow event was a highlight of the weekend festival. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Despite stiff winds that grounded the group for a day, 10 hot-air balloon pilots from five states filled the skies over Atmore with their brightly colored and…

Drug problem, gun violence persisted; crashes, fires claimed local lives By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Last week [December 28, 2022], we looked back at some of the good news that occurred in our hometown during 2022. Unfortunately, the good is only one side of a community’s story, and this week we present a recap of the bad and ugly news that evolved from a “new normal” that has swept the…