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Stabbed and shot on Patterson Street Dirden By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that APD detectives are working overtime to identify and bring to justice the person responsible for Saturday’s fatal shooting and stabbing of an Atmore man. Brooks confirmed Saturday (April 25) that the homicide victim is 43-year-old Desmond Deshun Dirden. Dirden, who had died by the time police and emergency…

James A 42-year-old Atmore man who barricaded himself inside an Atmore home this morning surrendered to authorities tonight, ending a standoff that had begun nearly 12 hours earlier. Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported that John Bradley James was finally taken into custody after a full day of negotiations finally brought him from inside the home, where he reportedly lives with his parents. He had been labeled “heavily armed” by police,…

350-page feasibility study completed, delivered, being studied By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Note: This week’s article is the first on a planned three-part series on the city schools feasibility study, its positives and negatives, and the questions that still remain regarding formation of a municipal school system. Finally, more than a year after the anticipated completion of a city-sanctioned study to determine the feasibility of forming a three-school municipal…

Gov. wants to reboot state’s economy; stay-home order stays in place By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer As Gov. Kay Ivey announced plans to cautiously kick-start the state’s economy after more than a month of relative dormancy, state and local health officials reported this week that the number of Escambia County (Ala.) residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 has risen. Ivey announced a moderate loosening up of her stay-at-home…