Author: Don Fletcher

Construction worker hit, killed by semi on S. Main By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police continued this week their examination of the circumstances surrounding the March 26 death of a Georgia man who was killed instantly when an 18-wheeler ran over him as he walked in the southernmost traffic lanes of South Main Street.Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that Clemente Terrance Sims, 31, of Iron City, Ga.…

Drug, weapons charges filed after domestic incidents escalate Johnson McCorvey By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two area men followed similar paths last week, and each got similar results.The men, initially involved in separate misdemeanor domestic incidents that drew city police, both wound up behind bars. They each face numerous felony charges, they each remained in jail as midweek neared, and one of them got to experience the effects of a…

A 15-year-old girl who left a Baldwin County diversion center without permission on March 16 has been located and is now reportedly with family members. Deanna Simpson said early this evening (Tuesday, March 23) that her niece, Rebekah Bundrum, called relatives around 4:00t his afternoon when the news of her disappearance spread across the state after the brief story and several photographs were posted on the Atmore News Facebook page.…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council, sitting two members short, unanimously approved the filing of tax liens against properties that were recently declared grass and weed nuisances, but whose owners failed to mitigate the problem. The trio of council members — District 2’s Jerome Webster, District 3’s Eunice Johnson and District 4’s Shawn Lassiter — also approved the city’s participation in a proposed debris removal fund and…