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APD searching for party gunmen By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks blamed the chaos of the situation for initial reports that a May 18 party during which one person was shot to death and eight others wounded in a hail of gunfire was for past and present graduates of Escambia County High School. Brooks said he was being hounded by local, regional and national media…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries for week of May 26, 2019
  Cecil Ronald “Ronnie” Rhinehart Mr. Cecil Ronald “Ronnie” Rhinehart, age 72, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 at his home in Canoe, Ala.  He was a native and former resident of Mobile, Ala. and had resided in Canoe, since 1981. He taught the family to love God, family, country, and to respect other people. He was an avid golfer, fisherman, woodworker and our ultimate repairman for materialistic or life…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Atmore man arrested after Baldwin Co. chase
News Staff Report An Atmore man was finally taken into custody in the early hours of May 17 after he led police in four Baldwin County jurisdictions on a chase at speeds that at times exceeded 100 miles per hour and during which he ran over a female and tried to run over a Loxley police officer. According to published reports, the chase began around 1 a.m. when police in…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
PCI announces summer food program
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all SFSP activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Breakfast and lunch will be served May 28…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Food scores released
The following Escambia County food / lodging establishment ratings were released by the Alabama Department of Public Health for April. Ratings are ranked by score, low to high. FSE = Food Service Establishment Chang Xing Buffet, Inc., dba New China, Brewton, 87, FSE Chen’s Chinese Buffet, Atmore, 87, FSE Subway #26660, Hwy. 113, Brewton, 88, FSE Subway #18898, Flomaton, 88, FSE Church’s Chicken, Atmore, 90, FSE Kentucky Fried Chicken, Atmore,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago