Year: 2025

Don Fletcher

Parade, program highlight chilly MLK Day celebration
James Averhart, left, and Sandra Gray go over notes prior to Averhart’s keynote address. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer About 150 people rode on floats or sat in open trailers or on the back of pickups despite steady wind gusts that created a chill factor below freezing as the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade moved through the city’s northeastern sector on Monday, January 20, in honor of the…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago
Public meeting Thursday on possible curfew
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City of Atmore officials will conduct a public hearing Thursday night, January 23, on the possible implementation of a citywide curfew in response to a string of gun violence incidents that plagued the city during November and December 2024 and cost three local men their lives.The hearing is set for 5:30 p.m. at Atmore City Hall Auditorium (201 East Louisville Avenue).A curfew was first discussed…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago
Peacock announces candidacy for U.S. Congress
Peacock Note: The following announcement was submitted by the candidate. Century native and one-time Atmore resident, Jeff Peacock has announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress in Florida’s 1st Congressional District. Peacock is running as a Republican in the upcoming special election to fill the congressional seat previously held by Congressman Matt Gaetz. The GOP primary election will be held this Tuesday, Jan. 28th.Peacock said he plans to be an advocate…
by Submitted Article access_time2 months ago
No parole for Atmore drug convict, Brewton sex offender
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, allowed to plead guilty to simple drug possession, and a Brewton man, convicted in 2018 of violating the residency and reporting requirements for registered sex offenders, were each denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Damien Tynell Jenkins Jenkins The Atmore man was arrested in January 2024 by county sheriff’s officers and was initially charged with possession…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago
Felony arrests
Woman assaulted, hairpiece stolen during cosmetology appointment By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period January 13-15, 2025:Keria Brown Brown The 30-year-old Atmore woman was taken into custody January 14 on charges that developed from a late-December assault on another woman who was in the middle of a hair and makeup appointment.Police reports show that APD…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 months ago