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Council to consider establishing homeless shelter
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members approved two upcoming events that will involve Heritage Park and promised to further discuss concerns over the city’s lack of a shelter to which homeless individuals can go to escape cold weather, violent weather systems and other possible life-threatening occurrences.The shelter issue was brought to the table by District 3’s Eunice Johnson and reinforced by Sandra Gray of the American Red…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
PCI hosts Secretary of the Interior
The Tribal Council and Secretary of Interior, from left, Sandy Hollinger, Arthur Mothershed, Robbie McGhee, Keith Martin, Stephanie A. Bryan, Secretary Deb Haaland, Justin Stabler, Amy Gantt, Charlotte Meckel. Special to Atmore News U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Monday, January 15, made a historic visit to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians reservation in Atmore. Secretary Haaland is the first Native American to serve as Secretary of…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Search launched for new CSFO
Rochelle Richardson discussed briefly the vacancy her leaving will create. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While Escambia County Board of Education members feel confident their search for a new superintendent is all but complete, they now must turn their attention to finding a new chief accountant.The board decided during its Thursday, January 18, meeting to turn to two outside sources — one to help fill the critical Chief Schools Financial…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Felony arrests
Woman jailed after police find meth, pot in borrowed car Tullis Ferrell Barlow By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was charged with felony and misdemeanor drug offenses after city police, investigating the possible theft of a vehicle, pulled over the vehicle and found illicit substances inside.The incident took place around 10:25 p.m. January 11, when a vehicle that had been reported stolen was spotted in the area of…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Woman victim of scam
By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher The woman sometimes cried as she told her sad story. She was the victim of a scam, and she told her story to keep others from making the same mistake – hopefully.We won’t publish her name. She lives in Bratt. For the purpose of this article, we’ll call her XYZ.Her story began January 11 when she got a phone call from “Publishers Clearinghouse.” She had won…
by Sherry Digmon access_time2 years ago