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State’s unemployment rate increased only marginally in 2022
Special to Atmore News Gov. Kay Ivey announced recently that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate is 2.8 percent, up slightly from November’s 2.7 percent rate, and significantly lower than the 3.1 percent recorded in December 2021.December 2022’s rate represents 63,412 unemployed persons, compared to 63,004 in November 2022 and 69,434 in December 2021. The state had 56,418 more employed residents in 2022 than it did the previous year,…
Woman, sought by APD, arrested in stolen car
Boutwell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Brewton woman, the subject of several outstanding Atmore warrants, was arrested here January 24 by Atmore police — inside a car that turned out to be stolen.Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that around 1:25 p.m. on that date a city police officer spotted a vehicle backed into the tree line along North Main Street, near its intersection with Howard Street.The officer determined that the…
Honoring Atmore’s own
Destany Morris Dale Ash Judd Coley Rob Faircloth By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Two individuals and two businesses were honored at the 77th Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Gala held Friday, January 20.The following awards were presented. Business of the YearPresented by Breiah Adams“The recipient for this year’s Business of the Year is one that has brought a little light, joy, and kindness to Atmore. Many businesses give back to the…
Who’s News?
By Atmore News Staff Romantic return Dean and Cindy Fournier of Atmore have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Melanie Fournier, to David Dobson, son of Tyra Livingston of Atmore and Matthew Dobson of Jay, Fla. The young realtor said Melanie officially became his bride-to-be after he took her to Escambia Academy and proposed to her at the site where six years ago he had asked her…
PCI police chief remembered as true blue lawman
Reynolds By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Poarch Band of Creek Indians Police Chief Mike Reynolds, who died last Wednesday, January 18, at age 59 of a heart attack, was remembered by his local colleagues as a true blue lawman who cared for his department, the community he served, and his fellow human beings.Reynolds, who became the tribe’s top policeman in 2016, had reportedly undergone surgery recently and was recuperating at…