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Lions install new officers
Lions Club officers, from left, front, Joyce Petty, Brett Helton, Gregg Akins, Katrinka Phillips, Marie Blair; back, Tristan McAnally, Bub Gideons, Patty Helton, Renee Hardy. By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club met Wednesday, June 19, in the Mayson Auditorium at Atmore Community Hospital.President Lion Renee Hardy called the meeting to order and said the blessing. Lion Tristan McAnally led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.Following…
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Obituaries, week of July 3, 2024
Elvin Lamar Pugh Mr. Elvin Lamar Pugh, age 87, of Oak Grove, Fla., passed away Monday, June 24, 2024 at his home. He was born in Oak Grove to Joseph Albert Pugh and Willie Enfinger Pugh. He retired from St. Regis-Champion with forty-two years of service. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church.  He loved his family, his church and was an avid fisherman.   He was preceded in…
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Family affair
Atmore police, answering another June 19 call, drove up on a two-vehicle collision involving drivers who are brothers. Police reports indicate that a 2008 Mercury Marquis driven by a 20-year-old Atmore man was traveling south on 4th Avenue and failed to stop at the Church Street intersection sign. His brother, 22, in a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, “was driving east on East Church Street at a high rate of speed” and…
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Semi vs. car
Alabama State Troopers reported that no injuries resulted from a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer rig and a small sedan that occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19. Trooper reports indicate that the crash occurred when the 1994 Kenworth struck the 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, which was turning. The wreck happened on Jack Springs Road near its junction with Woods Road. Senior Trooper Joshua Thompson said state troopers no longer…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
T-bone
Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department officials reported that no one was injured in a June 23 collision between a Nissan Sentra and a Chevrolet pickup that occurred on U.S. 31, near its junction with Maplewood Drive. Reports show the wreck happened around 7:45 p.m. when the Sentra, which was turning into a private driveway, turned into the path of the pickup. Airbags were activated in both vehicles, but nobody was injured.…
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