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WSD is Saturday
Special to Atmore News One day a year in October, Atmore steps back in time to 1866 when it was once called Williams Station, just a small supply stop on the Mobile and Great Northern railroad. Atmore invites you to join in on the celebration again as it honors its rich heritage at Williams Station Day, a regional event that celebrates the importance of the railroad in the life, artists,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Protest targets accused pedophile
Christina McCaskill, at right, prepares to lead the march. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A group of 20, mostly women but including some men and children, marched along several Atmore streets last Thursday, October 15, shouting slogans and carrying placards to protest the fact that an area preacher — accused of sexually abusing several teenage boys — remains free on bond and continues to minister his two churches, including…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Pastor Odom celebrates birthday
Pastor Odom Special to Atmore News On Sunday, October 11, Atmore Baptist Temple honored their pastor, Pastor William D. “Doug” Odom, on the occasion of his 74th birthday, which coincidentally came the day after National Pastor Appreciation Day, with a dinner in his honor. Pastor Odom was born October 12, 1946. He was ordained into the ministry in 1980 and is a 1984 graduate of Arlington Baptist Bible College. He…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Bonner joins Complete Care staff
Bonner Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital announced that Lydia Bonner, Nurse Practitioner, has joined the staff of the ACH Complete Care. She will begin seeing patients beginning in December 2020. “We are very happy to have Lydia join Dr. Lundquist-Smith at the ACH Complete Care physician clinic. Her experience will be a huge asset to the clinic and to the Atmore medical community.” Interim Hospital Administrator and Director…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
‘Hammer murder’ accomplice denied parole
Crane McGowan By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A former Escambia County resident, serving three life sentences for her part in the crack cocaine-fueled 1994 murders of an Escambia County man and an elderly Conecuh County couple was denied parole for the fourth time during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. On July 18, 1994, Dedree Ann Crane, 58, accompanied James William McGowan on a two-county…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago