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Peanut mill layoff among biggest stories in first half of 2024 By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While a massive layoff at the $87 million Coastal Growers peanut shelling plant was probably the most significant news story of 2024’s first six months, there was enough positive news to override the negative, although such news had become scarce by the start of the year’s second half.Honors, awardsNumerous locals were honored by various…

Local man shot once during Monday night incident on Ashley Street By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A string of violent incidents that had plagued the city for two months continued Monday night (December 30) as the clock ticked off the final hours of 2024. And it continued in a familiar location.Atmore Police Department (APD) reports show that an Atmore man whose identity has not yet been released was shot once…

Site Manager John Gibson and two employees begin pumping water from the footing hole. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Chattanooga, Tenn.-based contractor Berry Construction’s practice of checking every possible angle of a commercial project, combined with a weekend deluge that dumped more than 1.5 inches on the city in just a few hours, has come back to bite the company.A 7,000 square-feet “footing hole,” about 10 feet deep, was halfway…

Jackson submits grievance to Bar Association Billy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The husband of one of the four people arrested by District Attorney Steve Billy, against whom the Alabama Attorney General’s Office eventually dropped all charges, has filed a formal complaint with the Alabama Bar Association over the actions of the county’s top prosecutor.The Alabama Bar Complaint Against a Lawyer was filed December 10 by Col. Charles Jackson (Ret.),…

Atmore News Staff Escambia County (Ala.) District Attorney Steve Billy, who announced in September he would retire at the end of this calendar year, has apparently changed his mind.According to a report published in a Flomaton newspaper, the county’s top prosecutor — one of the subjects of a civil lawsuit stemming from the false arrests of four county residents late last year — notified State Sen. Greg Albritton of Atmore…