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Brewton man arrested on child porn charges

A 19-year-old Brewton man remained in jail early Thursday after a multi-agency probe into a reports that he inappropriately touched a teenage girl, led to the discovery that he was in possession of numerous pornographic images of at least one child. David “Noah” Purdue was charged with five counts of possession of child pornography and one count of attempting to possess obscene material. Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Mike…

Fatal crashes – Separate mishaps claim Uriah man, Atmore man, Fla. woman

Three people lost their lives and a fourth was seriously injured in separate single-vehicle crashes that occurred less than 16 hours apart as the week began. Clinton Cole Gregson, 20, of Uriah, was pronounced dead at the scene of a Monday, October 16, mishap that happened on Butler Street, about 14 miles north of Atmore, around 5:50 a.m. According to reports filed by Alabama State Troopers, the 2012 GMC Sierra…

NHS homecoming queen

Celeste North, left, was crowned the 2017-18 homecoming queen at Northview High School before Friday night’s game, October 13. She was crowned by Morgan Myrick, right, last year’s NHS homecoming queen. For more on Northview’s homecoming, see pages 6 and 12 of the October 18 edition of Atmore News. News photo by Ditto Gorme

City awarded economic stimulus funding

Delta Regional Authority officials announced last week that Atmore was one of 16 applicants in the arts and cultural sectors of the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt who were awarded a share of $309,000 to stimulate economic and community development efforts. The announcement was especially sweet for Atmore, one of 300 communities to apply for a Creative Placemaking Investment, since the city is not located in either of…

Bettis Memorial Highway dedicated

A crowd of more than 100, including family and friends of Kenneth L. Bettis, several state officials and more than two dozen correctional officers, gathered at Coastal Alabama Community College’s Atmore campus Monday (October 16) for the dedication of a portion of Alabama Highway 21 in honor of the former correctional officer, who died exactly 13 months prior to the ceremony. Bettis, who worked for seven years as a CO…