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Sunshine Law broken?
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore’s mayor and city council dealt with a heavier than usual agenda during their Monday, September 10, meeting, but it was an item that was not on the agenda that resulted in an apparent violation of the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Among other business, council members officially set the annual trick-or-treat period, gave the green light to the purchase of five new police cars…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Hospital no hasty decision
Plan to build new, smaller hospital was 3 years in the making By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer During the Atmore City Council’s September 10 workshop, the mayor and council were given some insight into the planned construction of a new, state-of-the-art medical center for the community and surrounding area. Atmore Community Hospital Board Chair Nancy Lowrey and Escambia County Healthcare Authority Chair Ruth Harrell shared the lead on a…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
RPES named Bicentennial School
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A local school has been thrust into the statewide spotlight. Rachel Patterson Elementary School Principal John Brantley announced this week that the school is one of just 200 schools in the state that were each designated a Bicentennial School and awarded a $2,000 grant for development of a community betterment project. According to a letter Brantley received from Gov. Kay Ivey, the 200 schools…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
10 capital murder cases pending
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer James Larry Johnson, who has been held in an Escambia County Detention Center cell on a capital murder charge for more than four years, will get his day in court next week. Maybe. The court docket for the September 10-21session includes the case against the Brewton man, who is charged with the Memorial Day 2014 shooting death of Christopher Adam Salter, who was the…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
No demolition
Mayor says he ‘misspoke’ By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Mayor Jim Staff said this week that a miscommunication during a recent interview with an Atmore News reporter was the catalyst for reports that the city had ordered the demolition of two downtown buildings. Staff noted during the August 24 interview that the awnings on each building were rotted and falling onto city sidewalks and into city streets, but…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago