Author: Don Fletcher

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council, still sitting as a four-member body, tackled a 14-item agenda in about 20 minutes during the council’s Monday, June 23, meeting. Numerous event requests were given the green light, and the council awarded bids for improving the roadway that runs through a local cemetery and for the fuel to keep city vehicles running.After a procedural move to get the cemetery and fuel…

From left, Arralean Ellis, great-granddaughter of Cornelia Elmore, and Physsel Johnson, one of Ms. Elmore’s grandnieces, were recognized at the ceremony. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore’s Juneteenth observance, held last Thursday, June 19, at the Cornelia Elmore Library Memorial was basically a celebration of the date (June 19, 1865) when about 2,000 federal troops freed the last group of Americans still under servitude.The observance, which drew only 19 citizens…