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Witness intimidation charged

Johnson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have charged a local woman with coercing or trying to coerce several of the witnesses in a pending criminal court case.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that police obtained arrest warrants for Mary Johnson, 35, after police detectives “became aware of threats made to multiple witnesses of an ongoing criminal case.”When informed of the charges against her, Johnson went to the…

Mobile man in custody for rape that occurred here

Coley By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police announced this week the April 11 arrest of a Mobile man who faces numerous felony charges in connection with a violent sexual assault that occurred here three days earlier.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that APD’s on-call investigator was notified April 8 that a sexual assault victim — who reportedly had been attacked while in Atmore — was being treated for…

More felony drug possession arrests reported

Dortch Satbler Jones Posey Edwards Thomas By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Traffic stops and a reported argument turned into felony drug possession charges for a mix of individuals — from Atmore and at least two nearby cities, ranging in age from 27 to 65 — who were among those whose names appeared on recent Atmore Police Department, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Alabama State Troopers drug arrest reports.No headlightAn Atmore…

COVID largely forgotten, but not gone

Mask protocol reinstated at ACH By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Now that it’s no longer cruising at pandemic speed, COVID has been mostly forgotten by a large portion of the local, state and national population. But the virus, which held the nation in its grasp for most of three years and killed 82 people in Escambia County, is anything but gone.Although the number of reported cases across Alabama since late…

Easter Cross

As surely as Easter comes each year, the folks at Atmore First Baptist Church have a Cross covered in flowers to commemorate the death and resurrection of Christ. Cool and wet weather put a damper on some Easter activities this year, but the message of the Cross shines through.

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