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Atmore woman bitten and treated News Staff Report Alabama Department of Public Health officials announced this week that an unidentified older Atmore woman was unloading her vehicle after returning from a recent grocery shopping trip when, seemingly from out of nowhere, she was attacked and bitten by a fox that officials later confirmed was rabid.The fox was taken to the Alabama Department of Public Health Bureau of Clinical Laboratories where…

Digmon This week, I continue the timeline started in last week’s Atmore News. 2023October 23I was staying with Myrna in Atmore Community Hospital as she was recovering from a broken leg.I got a call on my cell phone from Escambia County Deputy Artur Odom. I’ve known Arthur for decades. I knew him when he was with the Atmore Police Department, then with various other law enforcement agencies. I didn’t take…

Carlis Albritton, seated; Bro. Don Davis, right; Steve Albritton, back Bro. Don Davis, left, and Kyle Kersey Bro. Don Davis, left, and Sylvia Morgan Bro. Don Davis, left, and Daniel Rudd By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Five local veterans, including four from the ranks of the U.S. Army and one from the U.S. Air Force, were honored by the ministers and congregation of Atmore First Assembly of God (AFA) during…

Pastor Levy dressed in a hospital gown and carried an automatic rifle during one part of the program. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A thunderstorm that dumped rain on Atmore for about half an hour prior to the scheduled start of the community-wide anti-violence program, held Saturday, June 29, forced an hour’s delay in the program’s start and its relocation to a drier setting.The rain and relocation were also at…

News Staff Report Poarch Band of Creek Indians will receive nearly three-quarters of a million dollars as part of Gov. Kay Ivey’s 14-grant, $11.2 million award of federal funds designed to help boost electric vehicle (EV) charging along Alabama’s interstate highways.Thirteen of the grants, including Poarch’s, will be used to provide electric vehicle charging stations at fueling stations off the state’s various interstates. Another grant, awarded to Bevill State Community…