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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer English For the third time in just over a year, an individual initially charged with capital murder in the shooting death of an Atmore resident was allowed to swap a plea to much lesser charges for a time-served release from jail.The most recent occurrence came last week, when retired Baldwin County Circuit Judge Charles Partin, who was appointed to hear the capital case against Anthony…

Webster By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Jerome Webster, who guided Escambia Academy’s boys basketball team to this season’s Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) Class A state championship, has been selected by the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) as the state’s AISA Coach of the Year.One of Webster’s veteran players earned a first-team slot on ASWA’s all-classification All State team, and a senior who was playing his first full season at…

PCI donates $750,000 to ACH At the check presentation, from left, Dylan McGhee, Charlotte Meckel, Stephanie Bryan, Justin Stabler, Wes Nall Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital announced Thursday, March 6, that the Poarch Creek Indians have donated $750,000 to the hospital.According to a press release from ACH: The Tribe’s donation is part of an ongoing commitment to ensuring that the larger community in and around Atmore continues to…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Department’s separate investigations into a pair of December shootings that occurred two weeks apart on Ashley Street, including one in which two local men were murdered, have been moved to a back burner.It’s not that local police don’t have evidence that could tie one or more individuals to one or both of the crimes. It’s just that an overworked and understaffed state crime…

Janes By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman, charged with driving under the influence of an unspecified substance in causing the death of her 2-year-old son and injuries to herself and six other people in a February crash near Atmore Country Club, was released from jail last Thursday.According to an employee of Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain’s office, 31-year-old Sarah Emily Janes was released after a $500,000 bond, set…