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Open house, fly-in Saturday at airport
The local and area aviation community will get a chance to see what the recently refurbished Atmore Municipal Airport has to offer on Saturday, March 10, when city officials and airport management host an open house and fly-in. The event, which is also open to the general public, will begin around 10 a.m. and last until about 1 p.m. New airport manager Freddie McCall was not at the facility this…
Criminal court docket set for March
The Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Criminal Docket is set for March 12, 2018 through March 23, 2018. Courtroom One Christopher Perry Dean, child sex abuse; Roman Pierce, enticing child immoral purposes; Christian Daniels, TOP / deception, att-CS crime; Tyconius Stallworth, UPCS; Earnest Lee Watson, UPCS; Woodie Carroll, Jr., DV strangulation; Jerome Bailey, trafficking / CS x 2; Prince Devonte Grace, UDCS, UPCS; Michael Crenshaw, crim. neg. homicide; Lamarlen Hixon, felon in…
Poarch Creek Community Center opens
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians officially opened the Poarch Creek Community Center (PCCC) Thursday, March 1, with a ribbon cutting and tours of the facility. “This is a place that most of us who grew up at Poarch could have only dreamed of,” Tribal Chair and CEO Stephanie Bryan said. “In the past six years, we have been very blessed to be able to build brick and mortar facilities…
Car, school bus collide
Two Frisco City women — one of whom was later transferred by helicopter to an area trauma center — were seriously injured March 1 when the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck broadside by a loaded school bus. According to Atmore Police Department reports, the driver of a 1999 Ford Taurus, 66-year-old Maxine Smith and a passenger in the vehicle, Mary Owens, 77, were hurt in the crash,…
Hall of Fame to induct Dale Ash
Seven outstanding citizens will be inducted in the Atmore Area Hall of Fame April 28: Athletics – Willie Parker and Earl Miller; Government – Stephanie Bryan and Weldon Vickrey; Business – Dale Ash and Bill Farr; Medicine – Ima Joan Helton-Crawford The induction ceremony and dinner will be held Saturday, April 28, 6 p.m., at The Club, Highway 21, Atmore. Tickets, $25 each, are available at Atmore News. Note: Everyone…