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ECHCA seeks 4-mill tax increase for healthcare
News Staff Report Escambia County Health Care Authority (ECHCA) officials are asking community leaders, healthcare advocates and residents across the county for support of a proposed 4-mill property tax increase that will help provide much-needed funding for local healthcare needs.The tax increase, if approved, will double the amount of public healthcare taxes paid each year by property owners. Revenues from the new revenue stream will be used to help finance…
Gray announces candidacy for mayor
Gray Note: The following announcement was submitted by the candidate. After more than thirty years as a dedicated community leader and lifelong resident, Sandra Gray has announced her candidacy as Mayor of Atmore, Alabama.Sandra Gray has been married for fifty years to Wayne Gray who retired from the Alabama Department of Corrections after thirty four years of service. Wayne and Sandra have been blessed with four children, thirteen grandchildren, and…
No parole for Atmore man serving life sentence
Bagwell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man serving a life sentence for manufacturing methamphetamine was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Harold Scott Bagwell was arrested in 2012 by Atmore police after a pharmacy clerk at Rite-Aid Pharmacy (now closed) reported that Bagwell and a companion were “acting nervously” while purchasing Sudafed, a primary ingredient in the meth manufacturing process, at the…
Local mortgage loan officer charged with theft from civic group
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period May 2-10:Katrinka Phillips Phillips Phillips, who worked as a mortgage loan originator at Gulf Winds Credit Union in Atmore, was allowed to surrender to authorities on May 6 after an investigation revealed that she had siphoned several thousands of dollars from the account or accounts of an unidentified…