Day: January 3, 2024

Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Environmental Management officials announced recently that the agency has awarded $1.4 million of federal funds to West Escambia Utilities (WEU) that will provide much-needed improvements to the ancient sanitary sewer system in downtown Atmore.Kenny Smith, manager of the utility company that provides gas, water and sewer to Atmore and the surrounding area, said the funds — from the American Rescue Plan…

Hazley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men — one of them convicted for the third time of carrying a pistol after having previously been convicted of a violent felony — were rejected for parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Robert Chad Hazley has served just over eight months of a 20-year sentence he received earlier this year after he was convicted on two…

Miss. man jailed for leaving scene of crash with injury Taylor Roeder McNeal By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mississippi man who ran the stop sign at the junction of North Main and Liberty streets on Christmas Eve, crashed into another vehicle and fled the scene immediately afterward was eventually located and arrested by Atmore police and now faces five charges, including a felony.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported…

Doerr Special to Atmore News A little bit of rain and a lot of mud didn’t stop thousands of high school runners from competing in a series of 5K races for the Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championship December 2.More than 3,000 athletes gathered at John Hunt Park’s cross-country course in Huntsville.The RunningLane Cross Country Championship, created in Huntsville in 2020, hosted at John Hunt Park offers the necessary amenities, including…