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RAG to present ‘Charlie Brown’
Special to Atmore News The Railway Arts Guild and Pride of Atmore will present “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” July 27-30 at The Strand Theatre. Evening shows are 7 p.m. with Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.Directed by Ellen Johnson, “Charlie Brown” is a musical based on the Charles Schultz comics and follows the Peanuts gang as they struggle with homework, play baseball, swoon over crushes, and celebrate friendship. Featured…
Atmore man jailed in Fla. for Lowe’s thefts
Dean By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, accused of stealing more than $5,000 from several different Lowe’s outlets in and around Pensacola, Fla., remained behind bars in the Sunshine State as this week began.According to Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office reports, 32-year-old Jared Thomas Dean of a Beck Street address apparently decided to “do it right for less.”Dean simply walked out of several Lowe’s stores without paying for…
Former NHS hoops coach arrested
Taylor By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Northview High School’s former head basketball coach, most recently a physical education teacher and assistant coach at a Pensacola high school, was arrested July 9 on several charges, including felonious assault, after he allegedly attacked an ex-girlfriend.Michael Taylor, 48, who lists a Pensacola address, is charged with one count each of aggravated assault with a weapon (felony), domestic battery by strangulation (felony), misdemeanor cyberstalking…
Felony arrests
Unlit bike, chase lead to cocaine charge Brown Lowery Gibbs Montgomery Riley Kemp By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests of local residents were reported by Atmore Police Department officers during the period July 4-8:*Gregory Brown, 56, was arrested after he was discovered riding his bicycle without lights down Liberty Street.Brown, who was the subject of several outstanding warrants, took off on the bike while officers were checking…
Hwy. 4 bridge replacement will take most of a year
News Staff Report Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) crews are working to replace the bridge on Florida Highway 4 that spans Canoe Creek (about halfway between Byrneville and Bratt), a project that is expected to take most of a year to complete.FDOT officials announced that a 330-day detour that began Monday, July 10, will be in effect from Highway 4 to Bratt Road’s eastern end (closer to Century), to Pine…