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City considers banning garbage enclosures
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Mayor Jim Staff and city council members discussed several topics during a workshop held prior to the Monday (January 23) council meeting, but the subject of trash bins on personal property drew the most conversation.Staff and council members Webb Nall, Eunice Johnson and Chris Harrison agreed that the bins — some made of wood, others made of wire or plastic — can become an…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Traffic violations lead to meth arrests
Godwin Rigby By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two Atmore men were charged on successive days with felony drug possession after each committed a traffic violation and was pulled over by city police.The first arrest happened around 9:20 p.m., January 20, when a patrol officer pulled over a vehicle that was being driven without headlights along U.S. 31.According to police reports, the driver — 41-year-old Chad Godwin — first granted, then…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Nature’s fury
Huxford area damaged by storm From left, Jim and Kenny Coker examine the damage on their farm. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some residents of the Huxford area lost roofs or small outbuildings — and virtually all of them lost electricity for several hours — last Thursday, January 12, when apparent straight-line winds raged out of the northwest and roared across the rural community.Metal roofs were torn from a Huxford…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
MLK Day Program
Speaker calls for unity in local, state, world communities Marlo Young was the keynote speaker for Monday’s program. Grand Marshal Bishop Wayne Johnson and his wife Rhonda By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Keynote speaker Marlo Young not only praised the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Monday, January 16, MLK Day Program, she also accented the theme of this year’s tribute to the slain Civil…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Who’s News?
By Atmore News Staff Wedding bellsDan and Rhecy Currie of Atmore recently announced the engagement of their son, Trey Currie, to Anissa Watson, daughter of Matt and Yolanda Watson, also of Atmore. Reports are that Trey proposed (and Anissa accepted) December 30, during a trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn.New singleLocal country music recording artist and songwriter Ricky Crook is still going strong. According to his Facebook page, Ricky’s new song, “Honky…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago