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Post 90 celebrates 100 years

Cutting the cake, Rodger Presley, left, and Jack Wright News Staff Report Members and guests of Billy Glenn Rushing American Legion Post 90 celebrated the Post’s 100th anniversary Tuesday, July 18. The Post actually turned 100 in February.Post members Rodger Presley and Jack Wright did the honors of cutting the anniversary cake. They have the longest membership in the Post, representing 110 years between them – Presley, 45 years, and…

Brewton police nab Atmore duo with drugs

Q. Ford C. Ford Risper Martin McCurry Washington By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Details are still not available, but Escambia County Detention Center (ECDC) records show that Brewton police recently arrested two Atmore men on felony drug charges.Corterious Trevon Ford, 29, and Q’Watrell Demond Ford, 30, were booked into the jail only minutes apart on July 14 and were released later that day, also only minutes apart. Although they were…

Grace Fellowship to host Cattlemen’s Conference

Special to Atmore News The second annual Gulf Coast Cattlemen’s Conference will be held from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., Friday, August 4, at Grace Fellowship Church in Atmore.Ken Kelley with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System will formally welcome attendees at 8:30 a.m.The conference will feature speakers from across the southeast, covering various topics related to beef cattle production on the Gulf Coast. Also included will be a full trade…

House fire

Resident escapes unharmed A firefighter prepares to enter the home for a final check around 6:30 a.m. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A local woman escaped without injury while city firefighters spent more than two hours fighting a predawn fire that destroyed the woman’s Peachtree Street home Monday morning, July 17.Atmore Fire Department reports show the first wave of city firefighters was dispatched at 4:52 a.m. They arrived five minutes…

Sales tax holiday this weekend

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Stores in Atmore and each of the surrounding taxing entities (with the possible exception of one) will apparently take part in Alabama’s 18th annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, which will be observed across the state starting at 12:01 a.m. this Friday, July 21, and continuing through midnight Sunday, July 23.According to the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADR) website, officials in Atmore, Brewton, East Brewton and…