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Martin Luther King observance planned

Dr. Martin Luther King,. Jr. Holiday Observance in Atmore will begin on Friday, January 12, and conclude Monday, January 15. This year’s national theme is “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day on…Not A Day Off.” The schedule of events is as follows: Friday, January 12 MLK Community Day of Service – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Atmore Community Day of Service will be held at the Unity House on 313 N…

Liberty St. mobile home damaged by fire

Atmore firefighters and police officers, along with Alabama Power technicians, were wrapping things up around 1:45 p.m. at the scene of a fire that significantly damaged a Liberty Street mobile home. The fire was reported around 1 p.m. AFD units responded to find thick smoke and some flames coming from the single-wide residence. Firefighters were able to contain the major fire damage to the bedroom where the blaze broke out,…

Nominations accepted now

The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce 72nd Annual Meeting is set for Thursday, January 25, at The Club. Social hour and silent auction will be at 5:30, with dinner at 6:30. This year, the Chamber is sponsoring a split-the-pot drawing with 100 tickets being sold for $100 each. Note that only 100 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held the night of the banquet. The deadline for nominations…

2017 in review

There was good news, bad news and news that fell somewhere in-between across Atmore and the surrounding area in 2017, including the controversial consolidation of a local elementary school with two other schools, the 50th anniversary of a local business and one of its employees, and a state football championship. There were also a spate of August murders and arrests for previous murders, a destructive fire that heavily damaged a…

2018 legislative session – Restructured BOE, marriage bill, fat-trimming top Albritton’s wish list

The opening of the 2018 session of the Alabama Legislature isn’t until next week, but District 22 Senator Greg Albritton is already at work. The Atmore Republican, who was elected to his seat in 2014, has begun the process of introducing legislation that includes a bill designed to completely restructure the state’s department of education and another that would remove the state as an active participant in weddings. Albritton said…