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Atmore man rams APD unit, pursued Ivy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center this week, held under $250,000 bond on an attempted murder charge, after leading Atmore police, Baldwin County deputies and Alabama state troopers on a high-speed chase during which he rammed an unmarked Atmore Police Department vehicle.According to a press release issued August 16, the day of the incident,…

By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher In an article in the August 17 edition of Atmore News (ACH ranks high, page 1A), a couple of errors were published that need to be corrected.We cited Atmore Community Hospital administration as saying that ACH achieved a Four-Star Ranking from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – and that ACH is the only hospital in lower Alabama and most of the Florida panhandle…

Main Street Atmore Hero awarded to First National Bank, from left, Paul Oberkirch with FNB&T, Sheilo Faircloth, Liz Brewer with FNB&T, Niki Bryan Excellence in Business Development awarded to Atmore Microloan Fund, Niki Bryan, Alex Jones with United Bank, Sheilo Faircloth Excellence in Planning & Public Spaces awarded to City of Atmore Box Car Project, Mayor Jim Staff, Niki Bryan Special to Atmore News Main Street Alabama celebrated local program…

News Staff Report Escambia County Healthcare Authority officials will celebrate the grand opening of the Atmore Urgent Care facility at 10 a.m. next Monday, August 29.After a closed ceremony that includes brief opening remarks from ACHCA leaders and an official ribbon-cutting, the public will be invited to tour the facility from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.The new medical facility, which cost roughly $5.5 million to build, will begin seeing patients…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council — sitting one member short due to District 2’s Jerome Webster being out of town — gave Codes Enforcement officers the go-ahead to proceed with the process of cutting the grass and weeds from overgrown properties that were previously declared public nuisances.Letters were sent to each of the property owners, and the resolution to declare the properties nuisances was advertised in local…