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Atmore man arrested at Fountain CF
Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Corrections officers arrested an Atmore man on three felony drug charges, including trafficking in methamphetamine, as he visited an inmate at Fountain Correctional Facility.Escambia County Detention Center records show that Qwatrevies Ford, 25, was booked February 10 on drug trafficking, possession of an unspecified controlled substance and first-degree possession of marijuana charges.Corrections department spokeswoman Kristi Simpson said a K9 officer alerted…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Death row inmate dies of cancer
Kuenzel By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Alabama death row inmate who waged a high-profile but unsuccessful legal battle to overturn his conviction, maintained his innocence throughout his incarceration, died last Saturday, Feb. 19.William Ernest Kuenzel, 60, died Saturday at Holman Correctional Facility after a battle with cancer, according to a spokesperson for his legal team.Kuenzel was convicted in 1988 of killing Linda Jean Offord during a 1987 robbery at…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Parole denied for two convicted here
Williams Seymour By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two state inmates, both convicted in Escambia County Circuit Court, were each denied parole recently during hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Darrin Lamar Williams, 34, of Brewton has served less than one-fourth of the 20-year sentence he received after his 2018 conviction on drug distribution charges.Williams, currently housed at Bullock Correctional Facility, is on his third tour of the state…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Breaking ‘moos’ at W.S. Neal High School
By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News It might be the most unique homeroom you’ve ever seen.Because students at W.S. Neal High School in East Brewton aren’t learning farming skills in a classroom, but in a new barn on campus.The facility currently houses 22 cows. Students feed, groom and take care of the animals that they have raised from calves which will then be sold. Some students buy their own calves…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Correction
In the February 16, 2022 edition of Atmore News, we mistakenly reported that a proposed new fieldhouse and practice field at Escambia County High School might include a heated pool. We misunderstood a comment by Escambia County Schools Deputy of Operations Shaun Goolsby when he was discussing one of the three renderings he presented at the Board of Education meeting February 11.We apologize for the error.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago