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ALEA reports 8 traffic fatalities over holiday period
Special to Atmore News During the four-day Labor Day Weekend just completed, troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) investigated eight traffic-related fatalities, compared to 10 in 2022, and experienced zero marine-related fatalities on Alabama’s waterways.The Labor Day weekend travel period began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, September 1, and ended at midnight Monday, September 4. During that time, there were eight deadly traffic crashes — one each in Montgomery,…
by Atmore News access_time8 months ago
Felony arrests
Atmore man, Fla. woman jailed on felony drug charges Dale Taylor Grant Weatherholtz Weaver By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Sebring, Fla. woman and an Atmore man were jailed September 4 on felony drug violations after Atmore police discovered them on the U.S. 31 property where Buster’s Restaurant formerly operated.Police reports show that Tiffany Denise Dale, 38, and Danial Payton Taylor, 52, are each charged with one count of possession…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago
Lions hear Camille Place presentation
Chris Ziebach, left, and Jennifer White By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club held its first meeting of September in the Mayson Auditorium of Atmore Community Hospital. President Lion Renee Hardy called the meeting to order. Lion Patty Davis led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and gave the blessing.Besides our speaker, Chris Ziebach, Marie Blair was welcomed as a guest. Eighteen members and guests were…
by Atmore News access_time8 months ago
Officer Jay passes
Jay By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Retirement couldn’t do it, but death finally forced Jimmy Jay, one of the most popular and respected police officers in Atmore history, to put away his badge after more than 40 years of patrolling the city and protecting its residents.Jimmy, who walked a beat during the earliest days of his 33-year “first” career with Atmore Police Department, died August 27 at the age of…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago
Argument over dog led to Poarch-area slaying
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 65-year-old resident of the Poarch area remained behind bars without bond at midweek, charged with murder in a shooting that authorities say stemmed from an argument over a dog.Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson said last week that sheriff’s investigators determined that the canine controversy came to a head around 5:15 p.m. on August 26 and led to the fatal shooting of a resident…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago