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Officials not sure when elderly, general public will get shots By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Administration of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare and related employees has begun locally, but the process is a slow-moving one, and local healthcare officials aren’t sure when the vaccine will become readily available to the elderly and the general public. According to data furnished by Escambia County Healthcare Authority (ECHCA), 324 people had received the…

Members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity of Atmore were among the groups in the parade By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic was all but forgotten for about an hour Monday, January 18, as hundreds of Atmore residents, hardly any wearing face coverings, lined stretches of four city streets for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. About 40 entries — including classic cars, trucks, SUVs and…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Attendance at Atmore City Council meetings should grow exponentially in the near future, and most of those attending won’t have to rush to city hall to do so. City officials announced last week that city council meetings would soon be streamed, delayed at first but then live, on YouTube. “As far as city government, just about all the towns around us are already doing…

The new intersections will be built near the Wind Creek Casino entrance. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) officials announced last week that an almost-$46 million funding pie is being awarded to several cities and counties for various road and bridge projects. Atmore will get a slice of that pie, although it won’t be a large slice. And the city will…

Gibbs By MICHAEL TONDER Special to Atmore News Garyl Jermaine Gibbs, 47, of Monroeville was recently indicted by the Monroe County Grand Jury on four counts of first-degree sodomy and two counts of second-degree sodomy. Gibbs was the minister of A Call to Life Apostolic Church in Monroeville and Atmore. Gibbs’ legal troubles began in February when he was indicted on one count of first-degree sodomy and two counts of…