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Taste of the South is Thursday
Local and area residents are invited to come out to Heritage Park this week for a taste of what local cooking is all about. The 14th annual Taste of the South cooking competition, a showcase of local culinary talent that is noted statewide, will take place Thursday, September 21, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The community event, hosted for the fourth straight year by Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce, will…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Arrest made in August bike-rider murder – Warrant service also yields 3 felony pot possession arrests
  Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks confirmed Friday morning that city police have arrested a local man in connection with the August 3 shooting death of 31-year-old Shawn Oneil Quarles. Quarles, a Camden resident, was gunned down as he rode his bicycle along Ann Street, on his way to a local convenience store. Police served a murder warrant Wednesday on Ladarius Jamaal Crenshaw, 22, at a Patterson Street Apartments unit.…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Fatal fire – Atmore woman, 65, perishes when flames devour home
What had been a year full of tragedy for Jane Lee Russell ended early Tuesday in a tragic manner when the 65-year-old Atmore woman perished in a fire that swept through her Carver Avenue home. “This has been one year for our family,” said Marilyn Wesley, Russell’s second cousin. “In February we had to go to New York when her twin brother died unexpectedly. A month later, her brother’s daughter…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Observing POW/MIA Day
By KEVIN MCKINLEY Special to Atmore News American Legion members will line the sidewalks of downtown Atmore on Friday September 15, 2017 in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day. This day is to remember those did not return from the nation’s wars and the ones who were prisoners of war. There are 1,741 American personnel listed by the Defense Department’s POW/MIA Office as missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Honoring first responders
For the 11th year, the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church held a Blue Sunday service to remember those who perished September 11, 2001, in the attack on America. This year’s service, Sunday, September 10, was held jointly by Trinity and St. Anna’s Episcopal Church at Poarch. The RT Rev. J. Russell Kendrick, Bishop of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, officiated. “We are here today to remember so we…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago