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Atmore man charged with murder By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Knight An Atmore man remained behind bars as midweek approached, charged with murder in the death of an unidentified person whose body was found September 3 in a wooded area near Nokomis. Investigators with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Atmore Police Department were sent to the Nokomis area Thursday, Sept. 3, after a tip was received that a…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Each of the victims of a July 26 two-vehicle, head-on collision on U.S. 31 are slowly recovering from their physical injuries, although the drivers of the involved vehicles both reportedly have a long way to go. Joseph D. Barnes of Atmore, who was driving a 2005 Jeep Cherokee and was critically injured, remained in a coma and on a ventilator for several weeks and…

Emergency personnel work to stabilize the injured. By JOSH FRYE News Staff Writer Four people — two minors and two adults — were injured in a three-vehicle accident last Friday, August 28, near the Poarch community. Official reports were not available, but witnesses said a sedan pulled from Atmosphere Road onto Poarch Road in front of a GMC pickup that was traveling southbound, near the Poarch community. According to witnesses,…

News Staff Report (Through 9 a.m., Tuesday, September 1) Alabama Confirmed cases: 117,152 Deaths: 2,083 Escambia Co. Confirmed cases: 1,214 Deaths: 22 Hospitals Atmore Community Confirmed cases: 528 D.W. McMillan (Brewton) Confirmed cases: 230 Nursing homes Atmore Nursing Center Confirmed cases, residents: 35 Confirmed cases, staff: 23 Deaths: 10 West Gate Village (Brewton) Confirmed cases, residents: 68 Confirmed cases, staff: 41 Deaths: 8

Gray Officers found synthetic and natural marijuana, along with two rifles, two handguns and various items for packaging and distributing the illicit substances. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A wheelchair-bound Atmore man is behind bars after a multi-agency raid on his Atmore residence turned up synthetic and natural marijuana, along with materials for packaging and distributing the illicit substances, and four firearms. Austin James Gray Jr., 43, was taken…