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Tense situation as cable snaps, yanks tower worker 40 feet into air
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An employee of a company performing maintenance on a local cell phone tower escaped serious injury when a guy wire snapped and yanked him about 40 feet into the air shortly after 1 p.m. last Friday, December 6. The unidentified worker, an employee of Douglasville, Ga.-based Bennett Communications, dangled upside-down from the tower, located about 100 yards off Jack Springs Road, near its junction…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
ACF opens new grant cycle
Special to Atmore News The Advisory Committee of the Atmore Community Foundation announces the opening of its second competitive grant cycle for local nonprofits that are addressing the needs of the Atmore community and striving to improve the quality of life of residents. The invitation to submit applications will be made available on December 11, 2019 and the deadline to apply is January 16, 2020. Nonprofits interested in applying for…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Obituaries, week of December 8, 2019
James Powell Funeral arrangements for the late Mr. James Powell are incomplete but will be announced later by Mayberry Funeral Home.   Lee Roy Wiggins Mr. R. Lee Roy Wiggins, age 92, of Walnut Hill, Fla., passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2019 in Pensacola, Fla. He was born on in Bratt, Fla. to the late Preston and Grace Langford Wiggins. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Bratt…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Do you have a special Christmas memory?
At Atmore News, we’re working on a Christmas special section that will publish Monday, December 23. If you have a memory you’d like to share, please email it to myrna@atmorenews.com or mail it to Atmore News, 128 S. Main Street, Atmore AL 36502. Please do not call to give us your memory. It would be great if you have a picture to go with your memory. You can scan it…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Woody McCorvey to be inducted into Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
Former University of Alabama receivers coach Woodrow “Woody” McCorvey, who has since 2008 served as associate athletics director for football administration at Clemson University, is one of eight individuals selected for induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. MCorvey was born in Grove Hill but moved to Atmore with his family at age 5, when his father, Woodrow McCorvey Sr., was hired as principal, teacher and coach at Escambia County…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago