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Special to Atmore News One day a year in October, Atmore steps back in time to 1866 when it was once called Williams Station, just a small supply stop on the Mobile and Great Northern railroad. Atmore invites you to join in on the celebration again as it honors its rich heritage at Williams Station Day, a regional event that celebrates the importance of the railroad in the life, artists,…

Christina McCaskill, at right, prepares to lead the march. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A group of 20, mostly women but including some men and children, marched along several Atmore streets last Thursday, October 15, shouting slogans and carrying placards to protest the fact that an area preacher — accused of sexually abusing several teenage boys — remains free on bond and continues to minister his two churches, including…

Crane McGowan By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A former Escambia County resident, serving three life sentences for her part in the crack cocaine-fueled 1994 murders of an Escambia County man and an elderly Conecuh County couple was denied parole for the fourth time during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. On July 18, 1994, Dedree Ann Crane, 58, accompanied James William McGowan on a two-county…

On the front page of the September 16, 2020, Atmore News, we ran a picture of folks filling sand bags at the Farmers Market in anticipation of Hurricane Sally. One of those people helping their families was Nicholas Flowers, son of Lonnie and Jennifer Flowers of Atmore. Charlotte Boyle let us know that Nicholas was proud of having his picture in the paper, and he said he likes to help…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council, during a special meeting held Wednesday, October 7, unanimously ratified all pending agreements related to the location here of a state-of-the-art peanut processing plant that is expected to make Atmore the hub of Alabama’s peanut shelling industry. The project’s estimated $82.3 million price tag includes construction of the facility, the purchase of two tracts of land and an option to purchase…