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It’s boots, chaps, cowboy hats for local 9-year-old rodeo rider By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer “Well, it’s bulls and blood; it’s dust and mud; it’s the roar of a Sunday crowd It’s the white in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle he’ll win the next go ’round It’s boots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats. it’s spurs and latigo It’s the ropes and the reins and the joy and…

News Staff Report Wind Creek Hospitality officially celebrated last week the $15 million “rebranding” of the former Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa., the most lucrative property in the Poarch Band of Creek Indians gaming portfolio. Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, who owns three restaurants in the new complex, was on hand for the grand opening of Wind Creek Bethlehem, into which WCH plans to invest nearly $200 million in new…

All in a day’s work for AFD By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The morning of Thursday, October 10, was a quiet one around Atmore’s fire stations. Around noon, all that changed. Before the day ended, AFD personnel had been involved in fighting a fire that swept across a patch of rural woods, helping out with a local school’s fall festival, assisting with the extrication of a wreck victim trapped…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Alabama Historic Commission’s National Registry Review Board approved last week a request that Atmore be considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a designation that could spark an upswing in the downtown revitalization effort. “It’s a big deal,” said Foster Kizer, executive director of Pride of Atmore, the non-profit spearheading the downtown rehab plan. “It will help business owners and…

News Staff Report The Atmore Public Library is hosting the Williams Station Day pumpkin contest. This year’s contest is a little different than those in the past. There’s no carving. Decorate a pumpkin as your favorite children’s book character. Paint it. Dress it. Accessorize it. BUT DON’T CARVE IT! Family participation is encouraged. Any size pumpkin is allowed. One entry per family. Decorated pumpkins should be dropped off at the…