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Police identify homicide victim as Camden man
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks has identified the victim of Thursday’s night shooting on Ann Street as a Wilcox County man who was apparently minding his own business. According to a press release issued Friday afternoon by the police chief, the man who was shot as he bicycled to a convenience store for cigarettes and later died from his wounds was Shawn Oneil Quarles, 31, of Camden. Several people in…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Man in bad shape after late-Thursday shooting
Atmore police remained at midnight on the scene of a Thursday night shooting in the city’s northeastern sector that sent an unidentified man to a local hospital in serious condition. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said late Thursday that police had not yet had an opportunity to determine the identity of the shooting victim. “We don’t have anything right now, other than folks in the apartments reported hearing three gun…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Ribbon cutting
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Owl About the Vinyl, a shop offering vinyl and vinyl supplies. The business is located at 200 North Main, Suite B – the entrance is on the Ridgeley Street side. Chamber members, Ambassadors and friends joined in the welcome and ribbon cutting Friday, July 28, from left, Hannah Nelson, Myrna Monroe, Lorraine Marez, Nevaeh Odom, AllyAna Cunningham, Jackson Cunningham,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Fire ravages Tiger-Sul – Sulfur-laden smoke sends hundreds inside
A fire that apparently raged unchecked at an Atmore fertilizer plant for several hours before being discovered early Saturday morning (July 29) caused extensive damage to the facility, stopped production at a second factory for most of the day and forced hundreds of nearby residents to remain inside their homes for an extended period. The blaze, at Tiger-Sul Products on Industrial Drive (just off U.S. 31) sent sulfur-laced smoke into…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Distinguished Young Women selected
T.R. Miller High School student Tori Knapp, center, was selected 2018 Escambia County Distinguished Young Woman Saturday, July 29, at the program held at Coastal Alabama Community College, Brewton campus. Escambia Academy’s Victoria Sawyer, left, was First Alternate. Ora Nelson, right, a student at T.R. Miller, was Second Alternate. For more on the DYW program, see http://atmorenews.com/2017/08/02/this-younger-generation/  and http://atmorenews.com/2017/08/02/ladies-shine-in-dyw-program/
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago