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PCI donates $750,000 to ACH At the check presentation, from left, Dylan McGhee, Charlotte Meckel, Stephanie Bryan, Justin Stabler, Wes Nall Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital announced Thursday, March 6, that the Poarch Creek Indians have donated $750,000 to the hospital.According to a press release from ACH: The Tribe’s donation is part of an ongoing commitment to ensuring that the larger community in and around Atmore continues to…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Department’s separate investigations into a pair of December shootings that occurred two weeks apart on Ashley Street, including one in which two local men were murdered, have been moved to a back burner.It’s not that local police don’t have evidence that could tie one or more individuals to one or both of the crimes. It’s just that an overworked and understaffed state crime…

Janes By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman, charged with driving under the influence of an unspecified substance in causing the death of her 2-year-old son and injuries to herself and six other people in a February crash near Atmore Country Club, was released from jail last Thursday.According to an employee of Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain’s office, 31-year-old Sarah Emily Janes was released after a $500,000 bond, set…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval during their Monday (March 10) meeting to an application for a grant that will help pay for the extra patrols Police Chief Chuck Brooks implemented in the wake of the gun violence that plagued the community in November and December.Brooks told council members the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant, a $75,000 award that will be in effect…

APD officers, at left, await the arrival of a tow truck, while at right city firemen remove wreck debris from the entry lanes to Walmart, where a two-vehicle collision occurred Friday morning, March 7. Atmore police, two Medstar ambulances and Atmore firefighters were sent around 9:30 a.m. to the crash site. Police reports show that a 2015 Buick Lacrosse and a 2006 Chevy Monte Carlo were involved. The driver of…