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APD investigating possible homicide
Atmore police are still probing the Friday (July 26) shooting death of an 84-year-old Atmore man, trying to determine if foul play is involved. Results of tests on evidence sent to the state crime lab will determine the direction the investigation takes. In a press release issued today (Monday, July 29), Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said what started out as a death investigation “will be processed as a homicide…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Obituaries for week of July 28, 2019
Muriel Erlean Philyaw Mrs. Muriel Erlean Philyaw, age 61, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019 in Atmore, Ala. She was a native of Atmore and had resided in the Canoe, Ala. and Wawbeek, Ala. area for most of her life. She was a former employee at Vanity Fair as a seamstress; she was a partner of Finley’s Gas Station and worked as a CNA at Atmore Nursing Care and caring for…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
PCI, ECHA negotiate hospital land swap
Atmore News has confirmed from several sources that Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Escambia County Healthcare Authority have negotiated a land swap that will result in a new hospital being built in almost the same location as originally planned. According to the sources, the agreement calls for Poarch to give ECHA 10 acres along Alabama 21, just a few hundred yards south of Atmore’s Rivercane retail and industrial park.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Firefighters, costumed characters ignore weather to benefit MDA
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Members of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 4101 — with a little help from some familiar friends — ignored the ominous, black and gray clouds that filled the sky over Atmore’s Walmart on Saturday (July 20) and helped generate funds for a worthy cause. The local firemen, along with a quintet of costumed characters, posed for pictures with youngsters (and some not-so-young individuals)…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Garden Club donates to splash pad
The Atmore Garden Club donated trees to the Atmore Splash Pad recently. Escofab fashioned a metal sign to commemorate the donation which was the last official act of the Atmore Garden Club. The club has disbanded. Shown at the splash pad Thursday, July 18, are, from left, Mayor Pro Tem Webb Nall; members Becky McDonald, Sandy Whitaker, Mary Anne McCabe, Joan Hackman; and sign maker Anthony Swartzendruder with Escofab. Not…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago