Year: 2024

Special to Atmore News Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials reported that state troopers from the agency’s Highway Patrol Division investigated 473 traffic crashes, resulting in 21 fatalities in 17 different counties, over the nine-day Thanksgiving holiday traffic period, which began November 23 and ended December 1.Troopers reported that 19 of those who lost their lives were traveling in vehicles equipped with seat belts, but 10 of the victims were…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Adkins The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles denied parole during recent hearings for a Century, Fla. woman convicted in Escambia County Circuit Court of drug possession.Lynda Michelle Adkins was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over by Atmore police after the driver failed to maintain his lane while driving along Alabama 21. The driver wasn’t arrested, but Adkins, who police said was “holding her…

Domestic incident leads to felony drug charges for local man By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrest was the only one reported by Atmore Police Department (APD) officers during the period November 26-December 8:Makhail Reynolds Reynolds No details were provided, but postings on the APD Facebook page indicate that police were in the process of arresting Reynolds, 37, of Atmore on a domestic violence complaint when they discovered…