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Pilot, passenger walk away from Escambia plane crash
Federal Aviation Administration investigators were reportedly still on the scene as darkness fell Tuesday (Dec. 5) of the crash or crash-landing of a single-engine aircraft that went down in an Escambia County farm field. According to a press release issued Tuesday afternoon by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Mike Lambert, ECSO personnel received a report around 1:12 p.m. from air traffic controllers at Pensacola International Airport that a Cherokee…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Hendrix Tractor named Business of the Month
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce named Hendrix Tractor Company as the December Business of the Month. Chamber board members, Chamber Ambassadors and community leaders joined owners and employees at the presentation Friday, December 1. Shown are, from left, Kamryn Mothershed, Austin Williams, Logan Gorum, Brett Gorum, Myrna Monroe, Sheri Hendrix Darby, Danny Gorum, Howard Smith, Robert Hendrix, Will Hendrix, Chris Singleton, Keith Castleberry, Bert Hendrix, Aaron Gorum, Jake Leachman,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Tow truck operator caught in I-65 ‘sting’
A tow truck operator from Lapine was arrested in Escambia County last week after he fell victim to a “sting” set up by Baldwin County authorities, then high-tailed it back toward his hometown with a stolen vehicle before being stopped and taken into custody by Alabama State Troopers and Escambia County Sheriff’s Office patrol units. According to Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office reports, Charles Williams of the tiny unincorporated community —…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Troopers investigate 6 traffic deaths during holiday
In the days leading up to and during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday travel period, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) promoted #ArriveAliveAlabama – and it seems the motoring public took note. Alabama State Troopers investigated only six traffic deaths during this year’s holiday period – 10 fewer than during the same period in 2016. ALEA officials reported that there were even two zero-fatality days during the five-day weekend, which began…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
More EMS, less AFD – Firemen no longer dispatched on non-emergency calls
The entry of a new ambulance service into the local emergency response network has apparently created a change in the medical response protocol inside Atmore and its police jurisdiction. The city’s two top public safety officials and its mayor have confirmed that city firetrucks will no longer be dispatched each time an ambulance is sent to the site of a medical incident, although city firefighters will remain subject to dispatch…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago