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Accident at Main and Craig … again
An Atmore man was taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 15, after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Craig and Main streets. According to Atmore Police Department reports, both vehicles were traveling along Main Street in opposite directions, shortly after 8 a.m. Marshall Harmon, 74, attempted to turn his 1995 Ford pickup left onto Craig Street and pulled into the path of a 2012 Mazda…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Juvenile escapee recaptured – Girlfriend arrested
A teen who escaped Friday morning from a juvenile detention facility in Gadsden was recaptured Friday afternoon near Huxford. According to a press release from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, county authorities were notified of the escape around 9 a.m., Friday, December 16, by officials of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office who had received information that the juvenile might be in the Huxford community. Deputies responded to the area, along…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
BOE approves personnel recommendations Reid named RP interim
The Escambia County Board of Education considered and approved personnel recommendations by Superintendent John Knott at the regular BOE meeting Thursday, December 15. On motion by board member Coleman Wallace, the recommendation for temporary employment of Sandra Reid was held out for discussion in executive session. Reid has been filling the principal’s position at Rachel Patterson Elementary School since Stephanie Jackson resigned as principal in October. Reid has been also…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Mayor: DOC downtown ‘not a problem’
Although officials of the local Chamber of Commerce are not happy that the Alabama Department of Corrections has begun leasing office space on North Main Street in Atmore, the city’s chief executive officer said he doesn’t see a problem with the decision. ALDOC has leased office space at 109 North Main for its Southern Region Investigations and Intelligence Division. The division’s investigators formerly worked out of Atmore Community Work Center,…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Atmore Family Dental named Business of the Month
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce named Atmore Family Dental as the December Business of the Month. Chamber board members, Chamber Ambassadors and community leaders joined employees at the presentation Friday, December 2. Shown are, from left, front, Derik Kidd, Ariel Whatley, Makala Lee, Eli Godwin; back, Laurie Coleman, Ashley Hinote, Mandy Morris, Krystal Johnson, Courtney Ellis, Bub Gideons, Clint Toomey, Dr. T.J. Morris, Brandy Giger, Myrna Monroe, Sheryl Vickery,…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago