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Two shot at Broad Street residence in Atmore
Details remained sketchy at 4 a.m. Monday (Aug. 7) but two people were reportedly shot inside a Broad Street residence about an hour earlier. Flashing blue and red lights continued to cut the early morning air as Atmore police and firefighters remained at the 170 Broad Street shooting scene. Yellow tape was stretched across the street at each end of the block on which the crime was apparently committed. Lt.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Police identify homicide victim as Camden man
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks has identified the victim of Thursday’s night shooting on Ann Street as a Wilcox County man who was apparently minding his own business. According to a press release issued Friday afternoon by the police chief, the man who was shot as he bicycled to a convenience store for cigarettes and later died from his wounds was Shawn Oneil Quarles, 31, of Camden. Several people in…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Fire ravages Tiger-Sul – Sulfur-laden smoke sends hundreds inside
A fire that apparently raged unchecked at an Atmore fertilizer plant for several hours before being discovered early Saturday morning (July 29) caused extensive damage to the facility, stopped production at a second factory for most of the day and forced hundreds of nearby residents to remain inside their homes for an extended period. The blaze, at Tiger-Sul Products on Industrial Drive (just off U.S. 31) sent sulfur-laced smoke into…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Distinguished Young Women selected
T.R. Miller High School student Tori Knapp, center, was selected 2018 Escambia County Distinguished Young Woman Saturday, July 29, at the program held at Coastal Alabama Community College, Brewton campus. Escambia Academy’s Victoria Sawyer, left, was First Alternate. Ora Nelson, right, a student at T.R. Miller, was Second Alternate. For more on the DYW program, see http://atmorenews.com/2017/08/02/this-younger-generation/  and http://atmorenews.com/2017/08/02/ladies-shine-in-dyw-program/
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Flurry of wrecks reported across county
A rash of car crashes that began Saturday carried over into this week, and accident investigators with the Atmore Police Department and Alabama State Troopers have kept busy trying to complete reports on the various mishaps. State troopers investigated a single-vehicle wreck that occurred on Interstate 65 on Saturday (July 29) and sent three people to a local hospital. Trooper reports show that a 2009 Ford driven by a Baker,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago