Month: January 2025

Atmore News

Obituaries, week of January 8, 2025
Judi Lynn McElhaney Mrs. Judi Lynn McElhaney, age 75, of Bratt,  Fla. passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025 in Pensacola, Fla.  She was born in Atmore, Ala. to Buford “Bob” and Mildred Gibson Howell.  She graduated from Escambia High School in Pensacola.  She was a member of Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Grace Fellowship Church.  She was employed as a cosmetologist, teacher’s aide and dental assistant and before retiring…
by Atmore News access_time1 month ago
Another shooting
Local man shot once during Monday night incident on Ashley Street By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A string of violent incidents that had plagued the city for two months continued Monday night (December 30) as the clock ticked off the final hours of 2024. And it continued in a familiar location.Atmore Police Department (APD) reports show that an Atmore man whose identity has not yet been released was shot once…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Public’s input sought on proposed curfew
Meeting set for January 23rd By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City of Atmore officials are taking the lingering possibility of a citywide curfew to the next step, announcing that a public hearing has been set for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 23, at Atmore City Hall Auditorium (201 East Louisville Avenue) to discuss any potential travel restrictions within the city.A curfew was first discussed in the wake of a November…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Would-be smugglers arrested
Backpack full of drugs and cell phones siezed Davis Bean By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two men, both reportedly Alabama residents, were arrested Christmas Eve (December 24) on numerous charges after they were found near Fountain Correctional Facility (FCF) with a backpack full of drugs and cell phones.Agents with the ADOC’s Law Enforcement Services Division and the agency’s K9 Bureau, assisted by officers from Atmore and Poarch Creek police departments…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago
Deluge fills in ‘footing hole,’ slows construction on AutoZone
Site Manager John Gibson and two employees begin pumping water from the footing hole. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Chattanooga, Tenn.-based contractor Berry Construction’s practice of checking every possible angle of a commercial project, combined with a weekend deluge that dumped more than 1.5 inches on the city in just a few hours, has come back to bite the company.A 7,000 square-feet “footing hole,” about 10 feet deep, was halfway…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 month ago