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Mobile home, car destroyed by fire
Firefighter Shane Rollin sprays water on the smoldering automobile. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore firefighters spent just over an hour gaining control of a Friday (July 3) evening fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home and car and threatened several homes off Virginia Drive. “It was an old, abandoned trailer that was empty,” said Fire Chief Ron Peebles of the structure, which was reported burning at 6:24 p.m.…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Correction/apology
An article published in the July 1 edition of Atmore News, about parole being denied to Tommie Lynn Goins, contained incorrect information. (Goins was convicted of the 1986 shotgun slaying of Atmore resident Hanks Roberts and sent to prison for life.) In the article, it was incorrectly stated that Goins “claimed he killed Roberts because Roberts had physically abused his wife (Goins’s sister).” According to Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
CACC partners with Alto
New machinist ap Special to Atmore News Coastal Alabama Community College has partnered with Alto Products Corp. for the first machinist apprenticeship in Southwest Alabama. It is the first such partnership in the region to be competency-based and builds on the college’s recent certification as a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship sponsor. For more than 50 years, Alto has manufactured over a billion friction clutches, steel reaction plates, and powertrain…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Chamber cancels events
By EMILY WILSON Special to Atmore News The following notice was set from the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, July 1. After careful consideration and consulting with our members, trustees, community leaders, and healthcare professionals regarding the health and safety of everyone, the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has made the difficult decision in the best interest of our members and our community to cancel all…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
School administrators get pay increase
BOE approves personnel changes By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The Escambia County Board of Education has met in two special sessions recently – Tuesday, June 30, and Monday, July 6. Special sessions are not unusual this time of year with routine “housekeeping” matters needing attention. At the meeting on July 6, the board approved the salary schedule for all system employees plus approved a “3 percent salary adjustment increase for…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago