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Special to Atmore News PCI Government Services LLC (PCI-GS) has been awarded a contract by the Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) to provide agency-wide program and acquisition support services under a five-year Blank Purchase Agreement (BPA).PCI-GS, a tribally owned limited liability corporation of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, will provide the arsenal with a list of services that includes program management support, acquisition support, strategic analysis support, data analysis…

Man loses ‘freeze tag’ match with police By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An unidentified local man, the subject of several outstanding criminal warrants, apparently wanted so badly to share his inner childhood with Atmore and Poarch police that he followed bad advice and tried to make a game of his latest encounter with lawmen.According to a posting on the Atmore Police Department Facebook page, the “misguided citizen” was himself misled…

Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Flomaton man, a fugitive from a Florida manslaughter warrant, was captured Valentine’s Day when an Atmore Police Department investigator spotted the suspect walking down a street in the city’s northwestern sector.According to a press release issued by APD Chief Chuck Brooks, the city detective spotted Timothy Lavon Johnson, 34, walking along Howard Street around 3:30 p.m., February 14.APD had been notified by Escambia…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators are at a standstill as they try to sort out the circumstances surrounding the January 10 shooting at the Fast Lane convenience store on Jack Springs Road.APD detectives reportedly have all the physical evidence they need on which to build their case. They just can’t get any cooperation from the intended targets of at least five shots that were fired during the…

At the presentation, from left, Cindy Colville, Nikki Tucker Davis, Foster Kizer, Dale Ash, Linda Godwin Special to Atmore News The Pride of Atmore has received a grant for $5,000 from the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation (ACJF), a statewide grantmaking foundation supported by lawyers from across the state.POA member Dale Ash said this donation would not have been possible without Atmore attorney Charles Godwin, who make the group aware of…