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Litterbugs be warned!
This photo, from Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson’s Facebook page, shows the amount of litter removed recently from county roadsides by eight work-release inmates in less than eight hours. “How hard is it to use a trash can? We should be ashamed of ourselves,” wrote Jackson, who warned that, “If (ECSO officers) catch you throwing trash out of your window, I will be asking the judge to assign you to…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
ECSO helps man reach home
By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer Local law enforcement officials, responding to a report of a possible burglary in progress around 8:45 a.m., found instead a vagrant who was simply searching for food and water as he attempted to make his way back to north Alabama.The incident occurred last Wednesday (July 28) in the area of Ima Lane and Bell Fork Road, just off Alabama 21 North, in Atmore’s police jurisdiction.…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
ASAP-to-Medstar ambulance transition expected Sept. 1
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The finer points of an agreement between county healthcare officials and a Summerdale-headquartered emergency medical services provider are still being worked out, but there is no doubt a new ambulance service will soon be operating in and around Atmore.“We are targeting September 1 as the date for transition to ground service from ASAP to Medstar,” said Jeff Booth, Escambia County Health Care Authority’s (ECHCA) chief…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Board rejects bids by parole hopefuls
Mackey Rice Mealer Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four state inmates with local ties, including an Atmore man and a convict who escaped from state custody briefly during a work detail in Atmore more than a dozen years ago, were denied parole during recent hearings held by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Damian Lamont Mackey, 43, is serving a 20-year sentence that resulted from his 2006 conviction in…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Woman OK after trapped in car two hours
A power line dangles near the crashed Chrysler. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore woman was finally able to escape, shaken but not badly injured, after being trapped inside her car for about two hours when it ran off a city street and crashed into a light pole. The mishap occurred shortly before 3 p.m. last Tuesday, July 20, on the farthest reaches of South Main Street, at…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago