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By Atmore News Staff D.C. tripClaire Fletcher, daughter of Atmore resident Don Fletcher, and several other 7th-grade students from Barton Academy, recently enjoyed a five-day Spring Break trip that went a little beyond the ordinary. Claire and friends flew to the nation’s capital, where they visited or viewed numerous sites, including the Washington Monument, Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution, and made a circuit around the White House on Pennsylvania…

H.O. Weaver & Sons crews began applying the final layer of asphalt to West Ridgeley Street Tuesday morning, May 2, part of a 21-street, $2.6 million City of Atmore paving project. Mayor Jim Staff said the Mobile-based paving contractor, which began paving last week, was ‘getting after it’ and ‘causing the least trouble they can” for motorists. A Weaver employee directing traffic as another crew worked on West Louisville Street…

Community’s Spring festival this Saturday By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Anna Ellis said this week that this year’s Mayfest celebration would feature an array of attractions designed to meet the expectations of people of all ages.“We’ve got something for everyone,” said Ellis of the community’s Spring festival, which will take place this Saturday, May 6, at Tom Byrne Park.Chamber officials said the annual…

Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman who works as a corrections officer with the state prison system was arrested recently by city police after an investigation into allegations she severely beat her 8-year-old stepdaughter as punishment for an undisclosed transgression.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann said this week that 43-year-old Lateshia Monique Lewis Jackson was charged with one count of willful child abuse.Reports show that APD officers…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police detectives are still investigating a two-person shootout that took place on a city street last week, as well as a January shooting incident that took place at a municipal park.The most recent gunplay took place on Liberty Street, where police reported that two individuals were involved in that shooting. Neither of the shooters were injured, nor were any bystanders.“Apparently, two people were shooting…