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Collier wins $900K grant for schools
By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News When Superintendent Michele McClung hired Michele Collier as her assistant, she had a few good reasons.Now there are nine hundred thousand more.Collier recently received information that the state had significant grant money available, but she had only three weeks to put together a proposal. Racing the clock, she outlined a set of programs and improvements county schools could use and submitted the grant request.…
Council OKs gun violence awareness event
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council, sitting one member short, approved during its Monday, August 28, meeting the use of a city park for an event aimed at cutting down or stopping the gun violence that has erupted throughout the city this year.The Rev. Jamel Frye requested use of the park, specifically its baseball field for a “family and friends” gathering to raise awareness of the issue.“This is…
Atmore’s ERC team hosts Neal in opener
News Staff Report Atmore will host Neal this Saturday, September 2, in the season opener for both Escambia River Conference senior youth football program teams.The game is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start at Herbert Barnes Field on the Escambia County High School campus, where all the Atmore team’s home games will be played.The nine-team league consists of squads from Atmore, Neal, Andalusia, Brewton, Excel and Flomaton, as well as…
Motive
Police say faulty gun conversion switch led to July 25 slaying on Brooks Lane Pettaway By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police revealed this week that the July 25 shooting death of a 22-year-old Atmore man was the result of an argument over a reportedly faulty part the suspect sold the victim that allows conversion of a semi-automatic handgun to fully automatic.Antonio LeMarcus Pettaway II, 19, of Mobile, is accused…
No timetable’ in Tavern death probe
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week APD investigators are taking their time, trying to make sure all the “i’s” are dotted, and the “t’s” crossed before securing murder warrants in the beating death of Kenneth Harrison.The 45-year-old Baldwin County man struck and killed 24-year-old Poarch resident Hannah Martin August 5 with his car as she crossed U.S. 31 outside The Tavern of Atmore.…