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Memorial Day
Honoring the memorialsOn Monday, May 17, American Legion member Jack Wright was busy freshening up the crosses in the memorial area behind the American Legion building. For many years, Jack has served as Chaplain of Post 90. Decked out for Memorial Day The late Aubrey Stanley named this highland terrier Murphy after one of the most decorated combat soldiers of World War II, Audie Murphy. Aubrey was himself a decorated…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Kidnapping
Girl, 13, abducted after father puts her out of truck Colbert By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 55-year-old Pensacola man remained behind bars this week, charged with the May 15 kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl whose father had put her out beside a county road because she continuously “irritated” her brother.The Escambia County (Fla.) Jail’s website shows that Ronald Gene Joyner is being held under total bonds of $56,000 in…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
The ‘forgotten’ holiday
Atmore native Greg Turberville to deliver Monday’s Memorial Day address Turberville By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Memorial Day, the day set aside each year for remembrance and commemoration of the men and women who have given their lives in service to the nation, has become America’s forgotten holiday. And at least one local veteran isn’t happy about it.The local memorial gathering, co-sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7016 and…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Boy dies in ATV crash
Mitchell News Staff Report Tragedy struck the Flomaton community again on Sunday, May 23, when an ATV crash claimed the life of a Flomaton Elementary School student who had just finished the sixth grade.Authorities say Logan Mitchell, 12, son of Lacinda Mitchell and Luke Mitchell, was fatally injured in the crash, which occurred on private property in the Upper Creek Road community, about a half mile from U.S. 31.Logan was…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Fountain inmate positive for COVID-19
Special to Atmore News The Alabama Department of Corrections released this week an update on the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on state inmates. The update: INMATE POPULATION ADOC has confirmed that one additional inmate has tested positive for COVID-19 as of May 12: *Fountain Correctional Facility (Atmore, Alabama) – one inmate Newly identified positive case(s) include inmate(s) who are symptomatic and inmate(s) who are asymptomatic. All existing quarantine protocols held in-place…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago