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Don’t fall for jury duty scam
Phone scammers who claim to be county law officers are back in business in Atmore and the surrounding area. Local law enforcement officials reported last week that the most recent attempted shakedown is made using a combination of the telephone and the threat of incarceration in an effort to con money out of local citizens who are apparently either apathetic or forgetful about their civic duties. Atmore Police Chief Chuck…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Brennan Peacock is Atticus
Brennan Peacock hadn’t been in Atmore long when he auditioned for the part of Atticus in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Actually, it wasn’t even his idea to audition. As of July 1, the Rev. Brennan Peacock is the pastor at Atmore First United Methodist Church. He and his family (wife Patti, sons Eli and Adam), had arrived in Atmore just before the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts presented “Annie.”…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Fires indirect result of power outage – Motorist apparently clipped pole after falling asleep at the wheel
Official reports indicate that a freak traffic accident was the indirect cause of both a fatal blaze that ravaged a Carver Avenue home early September 12 and claimed the life of a 65-year-old woman who lived there, and another fire that destroyed a mobile home just a few hours earlier on Old Ship Circle. Fire officials have determined that candles left unattended in the mobile home were the catalyst for…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Pepsi named Business of the Month
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce select Pepsi Bottling Company of Atmore as Business of the Month for September. Shown at the presentation Thursday, September 7, are, from left, front, Jackson Breckenridge, Keyaira Wilson, Victoria Sawyer, Eboni Williams, Pate Robinson; back, Brandy Giger, Mallorie Beachy, Jordan Barnett, Pee Wee Bowens, David Adams, Myrna Monroe, Hooper Matthews III, Dale Matthews Ash, Cindy Matthews Colville, Jim Staff, Webb Nall, Wayne Harris, Ronnie…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Former law officer arrested for SORNA violations
An Atmore man who formerly worked in law enforcement has found himself on the wrong side of the law again. James Marzel Lewis Jr., 43, of a Jack Springs Road address, was arrested August 25 on charges that he committed two violations of the state’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Lewis saw his law enforcement career come to an end in July 2010 when, as a correctional officer…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago