Atmore News

Garbage schedules
Calvin Grace, director of the City of Atmore’s Streets & Sanitation Department, announced that WastePro’s garbage-collection schedule for this week would change as follows:*No routes will be run on Tuesday *Tuesday’s routes will be run on Thursday *Wednesday’s routes will be run on Friday *Thursday’s routes will be run on Saturday.Regular routes will resume on Monday, January 27.
Obituaries, week of January 22, 2025
James Doyle Spears                    Mr. James Spears, age 92, of Brewton, Ala. passed away Friday, January10, 2025, in Hoover, Ala. He was a true southern gentleman, kind, compassionate, and led by example with a servant’s heart. He loved God, his family, and the Auburn Tigers. As an avid hunter and fisherman, you could find him in the woods when he wasn’t coaching football or baseball. With great integrity and love,…
Drug raid
4 arrested, ‘large amount’ of cocaine seized at MLK house Lee Martin Wiggins Giddens By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Atmore men and an Auburn man were arrested last Thursday, January 9, after a raid by Atmore police narcotics investigators led to the seizure of what police said was a “large amount” of cocaine, along with small amounts of two other illicit substances, at a house on Martin Luther King…
Ivey attends meeting with Trump
Ivey News Staff Report Governor Ivey returned to Montgomery late Thursday, January 9, after a productive visit to Mar-a-Lago with President Trump and her fellow Republican governors. According to the governor’s press office, the governor is making clear Alabama is eager to support the Trump agenda and ready to work with the president to continue advancing Alabama. During the few-hour visit, the governor keyed in on areas like border security…
Another honor for Scottie Rodgers
Rodgers By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer For Atmore native Scottie Rodgers, the hits just keep on coming. Or, more accurately, the honors keep piling up.Officials of College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced late last week that the Atmore native is scheduled for June induction into the professional organization’s Hall of Fame. Less than a week later, they announced he has also been selected as this year’s winner of the prestigious Mary…