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Pastor Levy dressed in a hospital gown and carried an automatic rifle during one part of the program. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A thunderstorm that dumped rain on Atmore for about half an hour prior to the scheduled start of the community-wide anti-violence program, held Saturday, June 29, forced an hour’s delay in the program’s start and its relocation to a drier setting.The rain and relocation were also at…

News Staff Report Poarch Band of Creek Indians will receive nearly three-quarters of a million dollars as part of Gov. Kay Ivey’s 14-grant, $11.2 million award of federal funds designed to help boost electric vehicle (EV) charging along Alabama’s interstate highways.Thirteen of the grants, including Poarch’s, will be used to provide electric vehicle charging stations at fueling stations off the state’s various interstates. Another grant, awarded to Bevill State Community…

Anti-violence program Saturday at ECHS By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Teach 1 Reach 1 Organization, under the local sponsorship of Dr. Michael Arnold, the Escambia County Commission and the Yellow Hat Society of Atmore, will bring Pastor Lawrence Levy III and his “HEAL (Mr. The Funeral Is Canceled)” anti-violence program to Atmore this Saturday, June 29.The rally will get under way at 4 p.m. at Herbert Barnes Field, on the…

Digmon Many of you have told me how interested you were in my first two articles and that you wanted to know more about my arrests and the charges against me. Please understand I’m not writing this for any notoriety I might receive. I’ve had enough notoriety to last me the rest of my life.In this article, I’m going to start a timeline. I won’t have enough space to run…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members gave final approval to a five-year contract for private garbage pickup and disposal in the city during their Monday, June 24, meeting. They also extended a non-exclusive franchise for a company that already has constructed and maintained fiber optic transmission lines within the city and granted a franchise to a second company for the same service.City Economic Planner Chris Walker told…