Category: Headlines

Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Corrections officers arrested an Atmore man on three felony drug charges, including trafficking in methamphetamine, as he visited an inmate at Fountain Correctional Facility.Escambia County Detention Center records show that Qwatrevies Ford, 25, was booked February 10 on drug trafficking, possession of an unspecified controlled substance and first-degree possession of marijuana charges.Corrections department spokeswoman Kristi Simpson said a K9 officer alerted…

Near-miss with APD unit leads to arrests Black McCaster Rivers Harris Knowles By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four Atmore men were arrested on felony drug possession charges and a weapon charge after the car in which they were riding just missed a head-on collision with an Atmore Police Department patrol cruiser.Arrested were Da’Darrius Mortez Harris (27), Jarrett Dajeur McCaster (32), Jamelle Lakell Rivers (28) and Lagarick Raheem Black (25). Each…

Taylor By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the county jail as midweek approached, charged with shooting his brother during a Thursday, February 10, argument at a local apartment complex.According to a press release issued by Police Chief Chuck Brooks, 21-year-old Aquarius Dejan Taylor is charged with one count of first-degree assault in connection with the shooting. He was being held in the Escambia County Detention Center,…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Ten individuals will seek election to four county posts held by incumbents who are being challenged in the May 24 Republican Primary. Up for grabs are a county commission seat, two county school board positions and the office of the county’s top law enforcement officer.Sherry Digmon was selected in September by the remaining Escambia County Board of Education members to fill the vacancy left by…

Now candidates for state award Superintendent McClung, left, presents award to Tyler Parker Superintendent McClung, left, presents award to Leslie Wedgeworth By RANDY TATANO Special to Atmore News After nearly a decade without entering a teacher into Alabama’s Teacher of the Year contest, Escambia County Schools has two of its finest competing for the title. Leslie Wedgeworth, a third-grade teacher at Flomaton Elementary, and Tyler Parker, a math teacher at…