Month: January 2025

Don Fletcher

Atmore gets record snowfall
Snow continued to fall as Tom Byrne Park lay under a blanket of snow. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Most people in and around Atmore shared the sentiments expressed by Fire Chief Ronald Peebles in the wake of last week’s history-making winter storm.“This is the most snow I’ve ever seen,” Peebles said of the winter weather phenomenon that dumped a record amount of winter precipitation on the community and across…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 week ago
BOE approves $1 million school projects, most for Atmore area
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education, sitting one member short, approved more than $1.3 million in spending during the board’s Monday, January 27 meeting.  More than $1 million of that was for building and renovation projects, and most of that was for projects at Atmore-area schools. Escambia County High School (ECHS) was the biggest recipient of the spending package, although the financial commitment to…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 week ago
Cops force way into house, arrest local man for assault
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period January 18-26, 2025:Savion Martin Martin Martin, 22, was jailed January 26 after police responded to a report from a citizen who learned from FaceTime that a local woman was being held against her will after having been physically assaulted.The incident occurred around 10:25 a.m. at a Harris Street…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 week ago
Fire guts 2 units at Point Escambia Apartments
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Authorities are blaming an electrical short for a Wednesday, January 22, fire that started in the attic of one Point Escambia Apartments unit and spread to an adjoining unit, effectively destroying the interiors of both and rendering them uninhabitable.According to Atmore Fire Department reports, city firefighters were dispatched to the complex, just off Col. Farris Drive, at 3:12 a.m. They fought the twin blazes as…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 week ago
Council holds off on purchase of fuel storage tanks
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council, sitting one member short, held a first reading of a proposed resolution to purchase two fuel storage tanks to replace the antiquated tanks the city currently uses.The four council members (District 2’s Jerome Webster was unable to attend) held off on final consideration of the measure after City Attorney Larry Wettermark advised that one aspect of the purchase is still up in…
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