Atmore News

RP Star Students
The Rachel Patterson Elementary School Star Students for December are, from left, first row, Kinzley Harris, Makenzie Evans, Jaxxton McCants, Vilma Jane Watson, Jodeci Gross, Bryson Watkins, Jynasis Marshall, Ke’Ari Trujillo; second row, Keylen Jones, Kristian Boggan, Andre Thomas, Paisley Dorriety, Syraai Jackson, Karson Gaines, Devonte Lee; third row, Abrahama Parra-Cerritos, Dakota Fountain, Lela Gaines, Serenity Tucker, Thomas Blackmon, Arden Raines, Montez Riley. Not pictured: Khaza Mitchell, Jalaya Smith, Ja’Mir…
Lions hear program on Medstar
Bill Gilmore, left, and Gregg Akins By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club was called to order by President Lion Joyce Petty on January 15, in the Mayson Auditorium of Atmore Community Hospital. Lion Joyce led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and gave the blessing.Lion Gregg Akins introduced Bill Gilmore as our speaker for the program. Gilmore, who is from Baldwin County, is the Marketing…
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…