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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Fire Chief Ron Peebles issued last week a ban on all outdoor burning within the city limits. The ban is effective immediately and will remain in effect until further notice.Peebles said a lack of rain over recent weeks prompted the decision.“I’m activating the ban inside the city due to the extreme, dry conditions,” he said. “Green grass will burn right now.”The action came less…

Shawn Lassiter Jennifer White Adonis Williams Candace Wooten United Fund of Atmore board members, from left, Michael Kircharr, Samantha Bennett, Dawn Skipper (treasurer) and Andrew Garner (president). By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer United Fund of Atmore board members were joined last Thursday, October 6, by more than a dozen supporters, including several people who were “jailed” as part of the fundraising effort for the organization’s 2022-23 campaign.Among the jailbirds present…

Flames threaten airport hangars The fire was brought under control just short of the airport’s new hangars. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A wind-swept brush fire threatened the newest group of hangars at Atmore Municipal Airport last Friday (September 30) before city firefighters and two other agencies were able to bring it under control.The inferno began in a farm field to the east of the airport, adjacent to Hanger Road,…

Harrison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A trespassing complaint led to last week’s arrest of a local man who was wanted in connection with thefts committed earlier this year at two Atmore businesses.Twenty-six-year-old Dalton Harrison had been sought by city police for more than a month after several people identified him as the man caught on surveillance video at Lee’s Collision Center on June 9, when several catalytic converters were…

Billups Murphy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In times of war, if a military leader is felled on the battlefield, a soldier might receive a battlefield promotion, elevating that soldier into an immediate leadership role. To a lesser degree, that’s what happened at Escambia Academy.When an immediate need for a new athletic director and head football coach unexpectedly arose about three weeks ago, school officials turned to Cassidy Murphy and…