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Senior complex coming
Shown is Cypress Trace in Bay Minette. Developers say Atmore Senior Village will be identical. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Officials of Florence, Alabama-based CRN Development confirmed this week that the company is in the process of constructing a 50-unit housing complex, just outside Atmore, for senior citizens. The “affordable senior adult multifamily” development, to be called Atmore Senior Village, is already under construction. It will be located on…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
2 granted parole, 1 denied
Womack Jackson Wilson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Two inmates with local ties were granted parole, another was denied, during hearings held last week in Montgomery by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. The board granted parole to 31-year-old Brandi Nicole Womack and to Kenneth Ray Jackson, 37. Womack was released in 2015 after she had served three years of an Escambia County Circuit Court sentence handed down…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Lions feed APD
The Atmore Lions Club provided dinner to the Atmore Police Department Monday, September 21. Officers and Lions are shown, from left, Gordon Brooks, Clay Smith, Joshua Hochstetler, Kentrae Boggan, Bub Gideons, Anne Hetzel, Mandie Thompson, Walt Butler, Nancy Karrick, J.C. Mitchell, Brooke Marsh, Brandy Giger, Ryan James, Candace Wooten, Conner Wooten, Tristan McNally, Thaihee Staples, Tommy America.
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
COVID-19 update
Another death, but only 21 new cases in past week By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Escambia County continued to slowly decline over the past week, as only 21 new cases were reported among county residents. The county’s death toll from the virus, however, climbed by one, to 24, and the total confirmed cases among county residents now numbers 1,323. Statewide, there was an increase…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago