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NewsSherry Digmon

We have tickets!
Atmore News has become a ticket outlet for local community events – and that’s good with us. Several of you have asked about tickets for upcoming events, and we’re glad to let you know we now have them. GECA’s Tom Sawyer The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ next production is Tom Sawyer. Show dates are Thursday through Saturday, March 1 through 3, 7 p.m. each night, and Sunday, March…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
PHD a double winner at Chamber’s third chili cook-off
Despite the aroma of 11 different chili pots (each containing a “secret recipe”) and a healthy preview of early Spring weather, Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s third annual chili cook-off drew only about half as many people as did last year’s event, when less than 100 paid to taste the spicy wares. According to a Chamber volunteer, “maybe 40” people made their way to Heritage Park on Saturday (February 17)…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Pretrial diversion – A ‘second chance’ for many
Atmore Municipal Court officials will soon begin implementation of a new pretrial diversion program that will give most, but not all, non-violent offenders a chance to have their respective legal transgressions excluded from their permanent criminal record. The program allows imposition of certain conditions of behavior and conduct over a specific period of time that allow a qualified offender to have the charges against him or her “reduced, dismissed without…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Convict scheduled for execution Feb. 22
Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced this week that death row inmate Doyle Lee Hamm has been scheduled for execution at 6 p.m. next Thursday, Feb. 22, at William C. Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore. The Alabama Supreme Court ordered this week that the execution be carried out. Hamm, 60, was convicted in 1987 of murdering a Cullman hotel clerk during a robbery that — according to court documents —…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Patriotic Employer Award – Johnson Ford supervisor honored
If Thomas Bailey had any concerns that his military obligation might jeopardize his job at Johnson Ford, he needn’t have. Bailey, who handles Internet Technology responsibilities for the local Ford dealer and is a sergeant in the Alabama National Guard, found out quickly that he had the complete support of his supervisor, Ben Odom, and company president Jim Johnson. That support, along with Bailey’s appreciation of it, was strong enough…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago