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Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks has released the identity of a South Georgia man who was struck and killed on South Main Street this morning (Friday, March 26) by a tractor-trailer rig. The victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the 1:39 a.m. mishap, is 31-year-old Clemente Terrance Sims of Iron City, Ga. Sims was reportedly hit by the cab of the semi, then dragged underneath the trailer,…

Monday, March 22, 2021 News Staff Report Beginning March 22, vaccine eligibility expanded to include phase 1c and people 55 years and older. The expansion to 1c includes people with high-risk medical conditions, additional critical workers, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. People in phase 1a and 1b are also eligible to be vaccinated. The Alabama COVID-19 Vaccination Allocation Plan outlines the various phases, and is available here: www.alabamapublichealth.gov/covid19vaccine/assets/adph-covid19-vaccination-allocation-plan.pdf…

Special to Atmore News MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday [March 22] issued her 25th supplemental emergency proclamation to further amend the recently extended Safer at Home order. Apart from the technical revisions made Monday and on March 12, 2021, the health order remains identical to the order issued by Governor Ivey and Dr. Scott Harris on March 4, 2021. Monday’s order amends paragraph 14 (“Educational institutions”) to reflect…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A state inmate whose four-decades-plus string of crimes include two committed while in a state corrections facility outside Atmore, was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles. Paul Webster, 50, who is doing time after convictions in four Alabama counties (three of them for offenses committed while he was incarcerated), will remain behind state bars for at least…

Special to Atmore News United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc. (“UBAB”) announced last week that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Town-Country National Bank (“TCNB”), a Camden, Ala. based community bank with approximately $126.2 million in total assets as of December 31, 2020. TCNB shareholders will receive aggregate cash consideration of $28.5 million, with a portion of the consideration paid as a special dividend prior to the close of…