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Council addresses mental health, gun violence
Mayor Jim Staff presents the proclamations to Marlo Young By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval during their April 24 meeting to the use of one municipal outdoor venue for a July revival and another for a July family gathering.The council also approved issuance of proclamations designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month and June as Gun Violence Awareness Month, OKed an easement for drainage…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Attempted murder charges dropped
Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer It must seem to Rayvon Madison that every time one cell door opens in front of him, another soon closes behind him. That’s how it’s been for the Atmore man for the past seven-plus months.Madison, who has a lengthy history of domestic violence and other arrests, was the subject of a widespread manhunt after he allegedly tried to kill his ex-girlfriend in June 2022.He…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Hixon not the pastor
By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher In the April 19 edition of Atmore News, we printed an article naming Leonard Lashawn Hixon as pastor of The Christ Temple Church – The House of Prayer. In the article, Mr. Hixon had been arrested for alleged sex crimes.The following morning after the paper came out, we received two phone calls, letting us know that Hixon was not the pastor. One caller said he was…
by Sherry Digmon access_time1 year ago
National Day of Prayer is May 4
“Pray Fervently In Righteousness And Avail Much”James 5:16B By LINDA GODWINSpecial to Atmore News The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. The Task Force is a privately funded…
by Submitted Article access_time1 year ago
Atmore woman facesfirst-degree pot charge
Boatwright By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman was arrested April 14 by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies and charged with felony pot possession.Details were not immediately available, but the Escambia County Detention Center website shows that Khalila Kechlyren Boatwright, 44, was processed into the jail on one count of first-degree possession of marijuana.Under Alabama Criminal Code, first-degree possession of marijuana (Class C felony) is charged if the pot’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago