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Main Street Atmore releases market study results
Accepting the governor’s commendation, members of the committee and city council members, from left, Bobby Mays, Foster Kizer, Cindy Colville, Sheilo Faircloth, Main Street Atmore Director Niki Bryan, Greg Vaughn, Dale Ash, Eddie Tullis, Councilwoman Eunice Johnson and Councilman Shawn Lassiter. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher So, what do individuals and businesses want in Atmore? How do they view Atmore’s potential?Some of those answers were provided Thursday, April 29, when Main…
1 week, 3 shootings
1 suspect caught after chase; 2 more sought Robinson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer With the only suspect in one shooting now in custody, Atmore Police Department detectives can concentrate on investigating the other two shootings that have occurred within the city over a period of six days.The first shooting, and the most serious of the three, came on April 25, when 28-year-old Scottie Dale Robinson of Atmore allegedly shot…
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…
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…
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…