Year: 2025

Don Fletcher

Freemanville man denied parole
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Edmund Maurice Deese Deese A Freemanville man who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing law enforcement officers with a false identification, was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & ParolesAccording to Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) records, Edmund Maurice Deese was convicted in 2022 of obstructing justice by using a fake ID and was ordered to serve…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 months ago
Convicted killer James Osgood put to death
Osgood By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer James Osgood, convicted in 2014 of the brutal rape and murder of his girlfriend’s cousin four years earlier, was executed by lethal injection last Thursday, April 24, at William C. Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore.Osgood was sentenced to death for the capital murder of Tracy Lynn Brown Wilemon, a 44-year-old recently divorced mother, in Chilton County.According to court documents, Osgood confessed to Chilton County…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 months ago
Post 90 conducts flag-retirement ceremony
Post 90 Chaplain Jack Wright places a flag on the burning brazier. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama humidity and a steady-blazing brazier made for a steamy morning as members of Billy Glen Rushing American Legion Post 90 and guests conducted a flag retirement ceremony last Saturday morning, April 26.The Legionnaires worked steadily to retire several U.S. flags in the only manner allowed under federal law. Title 4, Section 8…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 months ago
FBC holds St. Jude Trike-A-Thon
First Baptist Church Preschool held their annual Trike-A-Thon Friday, April 11, to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In the April 16 edition of Atmore, we promised a follow-up article when organizers had a total of funds raised. Cindy Cobb with FBCP reports a whopping $4,650 was raised by these young riders. The Trike-A-Thon is not only a fun activity, it’s an educational way to teach young preschoolers and their…
by Atmore News access_time9 months ago
ACMPS registration
A.C. Moore Primary School held registration community event Friday, April 25. Parents were invited to enroll their pre-k and kindergarten students, and outside organizations were invited to attend and provide resources and information for parents. Shown at left, Principal Shawaungela DeLoach, left, and Rachel Hadley, special education resource teacher, were all smiles as teachers and students came out for registration. At right, kindergarten teacher Susan Anthony and student Kaceton Marshall.
by Atmore News access_time9 months ago