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Toyz for Kidz Ride is Saturday
News Staff Report The 18th Annual Toyz for Kidz Ride is set for this Saturday, December8 – rain or shine. For 18 years, the LA Bikers have been making this trek to deliver Christmas gifts to families. Proceeds from the annual auction as well as donations are used to purchase gifts – which includes quite a few bicycles. Registration for the ride will be held from 9 a.m. to 10…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Christmas events planned
News Staff Report If you’ve been downtown, you know Christmas events must be near at hand. Windows are decorated. Reindeer are suspended across Main Street. And lights are running along the tops of buildings. Thursday evening, the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce will host Jingle Bell Walk, a time to visit numerous local merchants who are staying open later than usual. Also, that evening, the winner of the window decoration…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Fatal stabbing at Holman
Special to Atmore News The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating a fatal stabbing that happened at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on Sunday. At approximately 6:15 p.m., prison officials found Vaquerro Kinjuan Armstrong, 29, in a housing area with multiple stab wounds received in an altercation with another inmate. Armstrong was taken to the facility’s infirmary for emergency treatment but died from his injuries at around…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Atmore News delivery
We join the nation in mourning President George H.W. Bush. President Trump has declared Wednesday, December 5, as a Day of Mourning, with federal offices closed that day. Since the U.S. Postal Service will be closed Wednesday, Atmore News papers that are delivered by mail will go out Thursday rather than Wednesday. Of course, our home delivery papers, which includes “atmore” magazine this week, will be delivered Tuesday night as…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Apparently impaired pedestrian could be charged
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported Monday, December 3, that a pedestrian, who was apparently under the influence of some intoxicant when he was struck Saturday by a vehicle, could face criminal charges in connection with the incident. According to a press release issued Monday by the police chief, patrol officers were dispatched around 8:27 p.m. to the pedestrian-vs.-motor vehicle crash, which occurred at the intersection of Ridgeley and Main…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago