Year: 2024

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Department reports show that APD patrol cruisers, with blue lights flashing and an occasional blip from a siren, followed a runaway horse from South Presley Street to Brown Street last Sunday (May 26), trying to recapture the stubborn animal, which some witnesses identified as a mule, not a horse. The low-speed chase began when emergency dispatchers relayed reports of a horse trotting…

APD still in process of notifying family of female shooting victim Dale By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have still not released the name of a woman who was shot to death this week (Monday, May 27), reportedly by a man with whom she had lived for several decades, during a predawn domestic incident at a Terrace Street residence.Sixty-two-year-old Fred Dale was arrested without incident and charged with simple…

Frye Special to Atmore News Emerging Civil War (ECW) has announced that Joshua Frye is the organization’s new executive administrator.Frye is a former Atmore News employee and Poarch resident.As the executive administrator for ECW, Frye will aid in many different areas of the organization’s day-to-day operations.“Bringing on Josh – who is, himself, an ‘emerging voice’ in the field – is a big step for us, but a natural, necessary part…

BOE approves 33 personnel actions News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education approved 33 personnel actions during their May 23 meeting, including acceptance of a key Central Office person’s resignation and the transfer of Rachel Patterson Elementary School’s (RPES) principal and five kindergarten teachers. Kike Pettaway, formerly principal at Escambia County High School (ECHS) and most recently Mental Health Coordinator for the county system, resigned her post in…

News Staff Report Businesses in Atmore’s newly created Arts & Entertainment (A&E) District will provide a test of the city ordinance that created the district when they conduct a “Grand Opening” this Saturday, the first event held in the geographic area.Shops in the A&E District, as well as some other downtown businesses, will open at 10 a.m. and remain open until 2 p.m., according to a flyer distributed by officials…