Month: July 2024

Mixture of embalming fluid, GHB leads to drug arrest By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Whiting Nelson Schinasi Boutwell Atmore police discovered when responding to a report of a possible drug overdose, that the Atmore woman who supposedly overdosed had been drinking a mixture of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and embalming fluid, a cocktail commonly known as “Scoot.”GHB is an illegal drug sometimes used as a “party drug” because it produces feelings of…

Gavin By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute, hand-written appeal, twice-convicted killer Keith Edmund Gavin was put to death by lethal injection last Thursday, July 18, at William C. Holman Correctional Facility (HCF) outside Atmore.The nation’s high court reportedly reviewed the case around 5:15 p.m. before issuing a denial, and the execution commenced at 6 p.m., its scheduled time. Gavin, 64, was officially pronounced…