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Santa visited Atmore Sunday, December 10, to take part in the annual Christmas parade which had been postponed from the day before due to threatening weather. Sunday evening was cold and windy but that didn’t stop folks from lining the streets to bring in the Christmas season.

By DON FLETCHER and SHERRY DIGMON Four Atmore City Council members gave the green light during the panel’s final meeting of 2023 to the purchase of a small triangle of land and authorized options to purchase another 125 acres, contingent on obtaining grants from the Alabama Site Evaluation and Economic Development Strategy (SEEDS) Act.The groundbreaking and highly competitive grant program’s goal is to expedite the development of economic and industrial…

BOE’s D-4 rep latest charged with revealing grand jury secrets Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County Board of Education member Cindy Jackson has become the fourth person — the second county school board member — in just over five weeks to be arrested under orders from District Attorney Steve Billy in the wake of the board’s 4-3 rejection of a new contract for Superintendent of Education Michele McClung.Brewton…

Atmore Fire Department and the City of Atmore will present next week, for the third straight year, Santa on a Firetruck.AFD personnel, with siren blaring, will chauffer the Jolly Old Elf as he makes a tour of each of the city’s four quadrants from 5-8 p.m. on four different nights.Santa will ride through the city’s northeastern sector on Monday, December 11, then through the northwestern sector the next night, Tuesday,…

Attorney: McClung subpoena led to indictments News Staff Report The preliminary hearing for Atmore News publisher Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher, scheduled for Monday, December 4, was called off when District Attorney Steve Billy obtained an indictment against each local journalist.Brewton attorney Earnie White, who represents both defendants, said in an interview published by al.com that the indictments were triggered by a subpoena he issued to Escambia County School…