Year: 2024

Terence Tolbert places candles on the memorial to his son, 22-year-old Jatyrain Aquamini ‘Tank’ Tolbert, who was shot to death a year earlier, on July 25, 2023. Tolbert said he decorates the shrine — which is directly across the street from the junction of Brooks Lane and King Street, where his son crashed his car after being shot — on holidays, in his son’s memory. A crowd of more than…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Kendrick Bivins KendarriusBivins Odom Forney Frye An Atmore man who abandoned his car when an Atmore Police Department patrol officer drove near, was arrested July 22 on drug trafficking charges after police found nearly three ounces of synthetic marijuana (Spice) in the vehicle.Later the initial suspect was arrested again, along with four occupants of the residence at which he was staying, when a cadre of…

Chamber Youth Ambassadors at their team building session, from left, Averie Hall, Ashkia Weaver, Jamison Gilman, Emma Grayce Fuqua, Anna Kunkel, Payton Daw, Mary Joyner Dean, Aryiana Young, Imari Lemon, Ana Chesley Robinson, Paisley Donaldson, Eli McElhaney, Cade Leachman and Zack Herndon. Not pictured are Myiah Alverson and Logan Madden. By PAYTON DAWSpecial to Atmore News On Saturday, July 20, the Atmore Chamber Youth Ambassadors got to partake in their…