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Head-on collision
Atmore man killed instantly when SUV slams into vehicle By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man was killed instantly on March 6 when a Monroe County man reportedly lost control of his SUV on Alabama 21 and slammed head-on into the local man’s sedan. Alabama State Troopers reported that Anthony Edward Dunkin, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash happened around 2 p.m., about four miles…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Inmates charged in jail raid
Sheriff releases partial list By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson released this week a partial list of the Escambia County Detention Center inmates who were charged as a result of a shakedown conducted recently by Jackson, ECSO deputies and jail staff, and Brewton Police Department officers Lawmen conducted a three-hour surprise search of the county jail’s cells, dormitories and common areas on Saturday, February 9.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council agrees to fund feasibility study for city school system
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Organizers of an effort to form a city school system got what they wanted when Atmore City Council members agreed during their March 11 meeting to “move forward” on the issue by paying for a study to determine the feasibility of such a move. The decision came after about an hour of confusion, debate and redundancy, during which supporters of the move repeated many…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
PCI paying for funerals
News Staff Report Poarch Band of Creek Indians will donate a total of $184,000 to cover the cost of funerals for the 23 people, many of them children, who lost their lives last week when a series of more than three dozen tornadoes, including two that struck less than an hour apart, ripped a path across eastern Alabama and into western Georgia. “The Tribe is making a $184,000 donation to…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Atmore man killed in crash
A two-vehicle crash at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, claimed the life of an Atmore man and injured another. Anthony Edward Dunkin, 33, was killed when the 2005 Honda Civic he was driving collided with a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Dunkin was pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the Chevrolet, Crory Tyrail White, 27, of Frisco City was injured and flown to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. The crash occurred…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago