Category: Headlines

Satterwhite Wall Bell By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested three people on various charges after a December 16 incident that included a high-speed chase along rural roads and on traffic-heavy Interstate 65. Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that the person believed to have stolen the vehicle, along with the person authorities believe was waiting to take possession of it, were taken…

ACH now offers stroke victims services of UAB neurologists Shown from left with the Tele-Stroke iPad are Administrator Brad Lowery, ED nurse Holly Gipson, DON Suzanne McGill, ED nurses Tracy Jay, Kaylee Blackmon, Lauren Cook By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In the past, the 75 to 100 residents of Atmore and the immediate area who suffered strokes each year were stabilized at the local hospital and immediately transferred to another…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A flag football fundraiser, “Touchdowns for Mallory,” will take place this Saturday, December 18, to help pay mounting medical bills for a 9-year-old Escambia County Middle School fourth-grader who faces a long, slow road to recovery after a violent Thanksgiving Eve automobile crash.Mallory Gibson suffered a broken back and numerous other injuries in the U.S. 31 crash, which also critically injured her mother, 40-year-old Wandra…

Santa Claus will return to Atmore this year to tour the city atop a fire truck, extending Christmas wishes to kids of all ages.The Jolly Old Elf will be in town for the special visit next Monday (December 20), Tuesday (December 21) and Thursday (December 23), from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day.He will ride through the city’s northeastern sector on Monday, the southeastern portion on Tuesday and the…

Lambeth Wiggins Pipkins Freeman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police continued to rack up felony drug arrests over the past week, as methamphetamine possession charges were filed against two Atmore men, a Perdido man and a Robertsdale man.APD Chief Chuck Brooks reported this week that the four arrests were the result of three separate traffic stops. One incident also included a charge for resisting arrest, while two of the…