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Moore loses statewide, but carries county
Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, a Republican, was a big winner in Escambia County but came up short statewide against Democrat Doug Jones in the race for the state’s vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. According to results posted on the Alabama Secretary of State’s website, Jones was named on 671,151 ballots in the December 12 special election, edging Moore by fewer than 21,000 votes. Almost 23,000…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Council addressing recycling
Mayor Jim Staff promised during the Monday, December 11, meeting of the city’s governing body that an “open, town hall-type” meeting set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, would help alleviate at least some of the concerns over the future of Atmore’s idle recycling program. “We’ve toured the Rolling Hills facility down at Beulah (Fla.), and they’ve got a nice recycling program,” said Staff. “The man from there is coming…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Emergency yard sale
Atmore police officers question the driver of a U-Haul truck who set up an impromptu yard sale along Martin Luther King Drive last Wednesday, December 6. The man placed a hand-lettered “yard sale” sign beside the truck and opened its cargo section. He told police he “ran out of gas, had only two dollars to his name and was trying to sell some of his belongings to raise gas money”…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Plane crashes in East Brewton
A Federal Aviation Administration investigation continued this week into the December 5 crash landing of a single-engine aircraft that went down in an Escambia County farm field. According to a press release issued that day 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 P28 “went off the radar and called…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Snow!
A rare series of snow showers that fell Friday night and into Saturday morning across Atmore and Escambia County proved area weathermen wrong and created a virtual Winter Wonderland for local children of all ages. Forecasters had predicted that there was a “slight chance” of wintry precipitation that could include snow falling across the area, but cautioned that locals shouldn’t expect any accumulation of the white powder, even if it…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago