Month: May 2025

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Gray announces candidacy for mayor
Gray Note: The following announcement was submitted by the candidate. After more than thirty years as a dedicated community leader and lifelong resident, Sandra Gray has announced her candidacy as Mayor of Atmore, Alabama.Sandra Gray has been married for fifty years to Wayne Gray who retired from the Alabama Department of Corrections after thirty four years of service. Wayne and Sandra have been blessed with four children, thirteen grandchildren, and…
by Submitted Article access_time7 months ago
No parole for Atmore man serving life sentence
Bagwell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man serving a life sentence for manufacturing methamphetamine was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Harold Scott Bagwell was arrested in 2012 by Atmore police after a pharmacy clerk at Rite-Aid Pharmacy (now closed) reported that Bagwell and a companion were “acting nervously” while purchasing Sudafed, a primary ingredient in the meth manufacturing process, at the…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 months ago
Local mortgage loan officer charged with theft from civic group
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period May 2-10:Katrinka Phillips Phillips Phillips, who worked as a mortgage loan originator at Gulf Winds Credit Union in Atmore, was allowed to surrender to authorities on May 6 after an investigation revealed that she had siphoned several thousands of dollars from the account or accounts of an unidentified…
by Atmore News access_time7 months ago
Confirmation
Archbishop Thomas Rodi bestowed the Sacrament of Confirmation to two parishioners during the Saturday Mass, May 10, at St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church. Shown are, from left, the Deacon Matt Jakubowski, Rev. Joseph Chacko, Salvador Franco, Isaac Manzano and Archbishop Thomas Rodi. Archbishop Thomas Rodi bestowed the Sacrament of Confirmation to two parishioners during the Saturday Mass, May 10, at St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church. Shown are, from left, the…
by Atmore News access_time7 months ago