Atmore News

Robertsdale man killed in Kent Road mishap
News Staff Report Alabama State Troopers reported Monday, August 31, that a Baldwin County teen lost his life in a freak one-vehicle accident that happened early Sunday on a rural Escambia County road. Troopers reported that 19-year-old Garrett D. Phillips of Robertsdale was killed when he fell from a 2002 Toyota Tacoma, which was being driven by William D. Ray, also 19 and also of Robertsdale. The fatal mishap occurred…
COVID by the numbers
News Staff Report (Through 9 a.m., Tuesday, September 1) Alabama Confirmed cases: 117,152 Deaths: 2,083 Escambia Co. Confirmed cases: 1,214 Deaths: 22 Hospitals Atmore Community Confirmed cases: 528 D.W. McMillan (Brewton) Confirmed cases: 230 Nursing homes Atmore Nursing Center Confirmed cases, residents: 35 Confirmed cases, staff: 23 Deaths: 10 West Gate Village (Brewton) Confirmed cases, residents: 68 Confirmed cases, staff: 41 Deaths: 8
ACH to open new clinic
Contest to name it Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announced that it will open a new primary care physician clinic in Atmore. The new primary care clinic is tentatively set to open in December of 2020 and will feature a new physician partnered with a new advanced practice provider, supported by a team of nurses and office staff. “We are currently working to finalize the contract for…
Election certified
Staff re-elected; Johnson takes D3 seat; Gideons, Harrison in run-off Gideons and Harrison at city hall August 25 News Staff Report When there is uncertainty about a voter’s eligibility because the potential voter’s name is not on the voter rolls, he or she doesn’t have the required identification document or some other issue, the election manager is required to offer the voter a provisional ballot instead of a regular ballot.…
Obituaries, week of August 30, 2020
Sylvester Hartley Mr. Sylvester Hartley, age 60, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Friday, August 21, 2020 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center – Gadsden, Ala. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced by Turner Funeral Chapel. Nathan Andrew Barnes Barnes Mr. Nathan Andrew Barnes, age 22, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020. He was a native and former resident of Pensacola, Fla. and had resided in Molino,…