Author: Atmore News

An Atmore man was reportedly taken by ambulance to an area hospital Sunday afternoon, January 10, after a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 31, near Katelyn Lane in Nokomis. State trooper reports show that the crash happened around 4:05 p.m. and involved a Toyota Camry and a Chevy Tahoe. The names of the drivers were not available by Tuesday’s press deadline. A witness said the Camry crossed the highway’s center line…

Photo (Josh Frye): Investigators discussed the incident at the scene Friday morning. Update On Friday, January 8. 2021, at the request of Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Special Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) are investigating an officer?involved shooting on Friday, January 8, 2021 involving Poarch Tribal Police. One person was injured in the shooting and transported to a nearby medical facility for treatment. None…

In photo at top, smoke billows from a Beck Street home that caught fire early Saturday, January 2. City firefighters were dispatched at 7:31 a.m., arrived three minutes later, and spent nearly 90 minutes battling the blaze, which was blamed on an electrical short. The home was declared a total loss. In photo at below, AFD Chief Ron Peebles provides instruction as Firefighter Trent Peebles directs water onto a January…