Author: Atmore News

Alabama and Florida authorities continued into Wednesday their search for a truck driver who bypassed an Interstate 10 weigh station and led a Florida Highway Patrol officer on a chase that carried into neighboring Baldwin County. According to a press release issued by Lt. Eddie Elmore, FHP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement troopers were monitoring commercial vehicle traffic near I-10’s mile marker 3 from the median at the weigh station to ensure…

Officials with Alabama Power have issued a warning that the company’s customers are the latest targets of phone scammers who try to bilk them out of their money. Here’s how the scam works: The caller claims to be a representative of Alabama Power and tells customers their account is past due and that electrical service will be turned off if a payment isn’t made immediately. The scammer then provides a telephone number to call,…