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Lions feed APD
The Atmore Lions Club provided dinner to the Atmore Police Department Monday, September 21. Officers and Lions are shown, from left, Gordon Brooks, Clay Smith, Joshua Hochstetler, Kentrae Boggan, Bub Gideons, Anne Hetzel, Mandie Thompson, Walt Butler, Nancy Karrick, J.C. Mitchell, Brooke Marsh, Brandy Giger, Ryan James, Candace Wooten, Conner Wooten, Tristan McNally, Thaihee Staples, Tommy America.
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
They came to help
News Staff Report When a hurricane hits, you can’t have too much help come to your rescue. That was certainly the case last week when numerous power companies sent crews to this area. Beth Thomas with Alabama Power reported that 15 states sent crews to restore power in the APCO Mobile district of which Atmore is part. Those states are Indiana, Michigan, Maryland, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
FEMA approves county for relief
Meeting at city hall to discuss storm damage were, from left, Raymond Wiggins, Greg Albritton, Ron Peebles, Will Ainsworth, Jim Staff, Chuck Brooks. News Staff Report Escambia was one of three Alabama counties designated as eligible for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Individual Assistance program under the Major Disaster Declaration signed by President Trump on Monday, September 20, for damage and losses from Hurricane Sally. The Category 2 hurricane…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Obituaries, week of September 20, 2020
MacArthur Davis  Davis Mr. MacArthur Davis, age 77, of Barnett Crossroads, Ala., passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Century, Fla. to the late Mitchell O’Neal and Hazel Beatrice Lambert Davis. He served in the United States Army; former Police Chief of the City of Atmore; retired investigator with the Southern Portion of the State of Alabama Department of Corrections. He was a Mason,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Controlling feral swine
Critical watershed in Escambia County Special to Atmore News The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee (ALSWCC) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA / APHIS’s Wildlife Services and Alabama Association of Conservation Districts (AACD) to address feral hog control. Alabama has been awarded $3.7 million through the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (FSCP) to control feral hogs in selected watersheds.…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago