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City schools study results expected soon  By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The consultant hired by City of Atmore officials to determine the feasibility of forming a three-school municipal education network has received all requested data needed to finish the study, which he started in April 2019 with a four-month completion target. City Clerk Becca Smith confirmed that she received last week an email from Dr. Ira Harvey, (CEO of…
No chase
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman said this week that the January 23 collision on Alabama 21 that killed a Monroe County man did not involve a high-speed chase by any law enforcement agency. Lt. Joe Piggott of the Mobile state trooper post admitted that a law enforcement officer was involved in the incident but said the officer did not actively pursue the southbound…
MLK Unity Prayer Breakfast draws near-record crowd
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer This year’s Unity Prayer Breakfast, an event sponsored by Concerned Citizens of Atmore and held each year on the Saturday preceding the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, featured both a near-record crowd and a brisk pace that helped ward off the effects of a hearty breakfast. More than 65 people attended the January 18 event. They ranged from children and young adults to those…
Ivey visits Holman
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Gov. Kay Ivey visited Atmore last week. But those who weren’t at Atmore Municipal Airport between 10:30 and 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15, missed it. The governor’s jet, scheduled to land “between 9:30 and 9:40 (a.m.),” took off late from Montgomery due to fog, encountered heavier fog the further south it flew, and finally eased onto a local runway at 10:28 a.m., an…