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APD investigating city’s second shooting in 3 days
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported today (Wed., Apr. 28) that city police investigators are working their second shooting incident in three days. The latest probe began just before 11:00 last night. APD patrol officers and EMS personnel were dispatched to a 4th Avenue residence after a man, whose name has not been released by police, returned home from a short time away and told a witness that he had…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Teen injured
A 15-year-old Atmore girl was taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital after a two-vehicle collision around 9 a.m., Saturday, April 24, at the intersection of McRae and Montgomery streets. According to Atmore Police Department reports, the teen, driving a Chevrolet Impala, pulled from a stop sign and failed to yield the right-of-way to an oncoming Chevy Silverado that was driven by Justin Byrd, 20, also of Atmore. The Impala…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Skeletal remains those of Va. woman missing since ’18
Saunders By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Forensics scientists at the state crime lab have identified skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Conecuh County last December as those of a Virginia woman who disappeared while traveling to Monroeville in 2018.According to an April 23 press release issued jointly by Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson, Conecuh County Sheriff Randy Brock, and Monroe County Sheriff Tom Boatwright, the remains are those…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Mobile man killed when log truck hits tree limb
The cab was torn apart when it hit the limb seen in the background. News Staff Report An unidentified 52-year-old log truck driver from Mobile was killed in a single-vehicle crash that happened April 22 on Fla. Highway 97, just outside Atmore.Florida Highway Patrol reports show the truck, pulling an empty trailer, was northbound, just north of Nokomis Road, at about 6:20 a.m. when it inexplicably left the roadway.The tractor-trailer…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Atmore National Day of Prayer event
News Staff Report The Atmore National Day of Prayer will be held this year, although the event will be different than in previous years.The NDP committee invites all to the local National Day of Prayer observance Thursday, May 6, at noon, in front of Atmore City Hall.“We will pray for our country, state, county and city,” committee chairwoman Linda Godwin said. “We will also pray for our government, education system,…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago