Year: 2024

Walker Officers investigate the crime scene. Yellow markers on the ground indicate pieces of evidence such as shell casings. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was shot to death Saturday, January 14, when he stopped his vehicle and tried to break up a scuffle in the middle of a city street.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that the city’s first homicide of 2024 took place around 10:55…

Rostchild By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, behind bars for the past six years on a capital murder charge, was released from jail on the eve of his scheduled trial date after prosecutors failed to produce the evidence against him.Escambia County Detention Center’s website shows that Yeldon Devonta Rostchild, who was 23 when he was indicted for capital murder in July 2017 and was set to go before…

Robinson News Staff Report The Annual Rosa Parks Prayer Breakfast is set for Saturday, February 3, 9 a.m., at Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. The event is always held at no charge and is open to the public (16 and older).This year’s scheduled guest speaker is Pastor Rodtric T. Robinson.Pastor Robinson is a native of Montgomery, who grew up in the Ridgecrest Community. He is the eighth of nine…

Loumeek White, president of the Escambia County Board of Education, was the parade grand marshal. Seated in the foreground is his wife, Keiana. Expose Dance Team entertained on Carver Avenue. Atmore City Councilwoman Eunice Johnson, at far left, rode this colorful float. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Hundreds of people of all ages, colors and sizes lined the streets of Atmore’s northeastern sector Monday, January 15, to witness the city’s…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Residents of Atmore and most everywhere else in the state woke up Tuesday morning (January 16) to frozen rain puddles, ice on vehicle windshields and windows, and even a light dusting of snow as an Arctic air mass that moved into the state Monday night finally reached into the area.Temperatures in the mid-20s prevailed Tuesday morning, and things are projected to get worse as the…