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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…

Atmore police, answering another June 19 call, drove up on a two-vehicle collision involving drivers who are brothers. Police reports indicate that a 2008 Mercury Marquis driven by a 20-year-old Atmore man was traveling south on 4th Avenue and failed to stop at the Church Street intersection sign. His brother, 22, in a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, “was driving east on East Church Street at a high rate of speed” and…

Alabama State Troopers reported that no injuries resulted from a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer rig and a small sedan that occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19. Trooper reports indicate that the crash occurred when the 1994 Kenworth struck the 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, which was turning. The wreck happened on Jack Springs Road near its junction with Woods Road. Senior Trooper Joshua Thompson said state troopers no longer…

Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department officials reported that no one was injured in a June 23 collision between a Nissan Sentra and a Chevrolet pickup that occurred on U.S. 31, near its junction with Maplewood Drive. Reports show the wreck happened around 7:45 p.m. when the Sentra, which was turning into a private driveway, turned into the path of the pickup. Airbags were activated in both vehicles, but nobody was injured.…