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Little River to reopen
The following information was released by the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) last week. “The AFC’s Claude D. Kelley Recreational Area and Little River State Forest will reopen to the public on March 17, 2018. It will be operational on weekends for day-use-only from Friday noon through Sunday at 5:00 pm. Hours of operation will be expanded in the near future. Camping sites will be available soon.” The park closed indefinitely…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Open house, fly-in Saturday at airport
The local and area aviation community will get a chance to see what the recently refurbished Atmore Municipal Airport has to offer on Saturday, March 10, when city officials and airport management host an open house and fly-in. The event, which is also open to the general public, will begin around 10 a.m. and last until about 1 p.m. New airport manager Freddie McCall was not at the facility this…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Criminal court docket set for March
The Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Criminal Docket is set for March 12, 2018 through March 23, 2018. Courtroom One Christopher Perry Dean, child sex abuse; Roman Pierce, enticing child immoral purposes; Christian Daniels, TOP / deception, att-CS crime; Tyconius Stallworth, UPCS; Earnest Lee Watson, UPCS; Woodie Carroll, Jr., DV strangulation; Jerome Bailey, trafficking / CS x 2; Prince Devonte Grace, UDCS, UPCS; Michael Crenshaw, crim. neg. homicide; Lamarlen Hixon, felon in…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Poarch Creek Community Center opens
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians officially opened the Poarch Creek Community Center (PCCC) Thursday, March 1, with a ribbon cutting and tours of the facility. “This is a place that most of us who grew up at Poarch could have only dreamed of,” Tribal Chair and CEO Stephanie Bryan said. “In the past six years, we have been very blessed to be able to build brick and mortar facilities…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Car, school bus collide
Two Frisco City women — one of whom was later transferred by helicopter to an area trauma center — were seriously injured March 1 when the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck broadside by a loaded school bus. According to Atmore Police Department reports, the driver of a 1999 Ford Taurus, 66-year-old Maxine Smith and a passenger in the vehicle, Mary Owens, 77, were hurt in the crash,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago