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Second-grader saves grandmother’s life
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Becky Sorrells knew she was in trouble. On the night of April 10, an emphysema attack debilitated her. Fortunately, her eight-year-old granddaughter Kenleigh Madison was with her. Kenleigh called 911 for help. But she actually had to do more than just ask for help. The dirt road to their home was impassable due to three days of rain on new red clay at their mobile…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Child sex abuse, torture case still open
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police investigators, along with investigators from the Escambia County Department of Human Resources and forensic interviewers from Escambia County Regional Child Advocacy Center, are almost finished with their investigation into the case of a local man charged with the violent sexual abuse of two children. Meanwhile, the suspect, 18-year-old Abraham L. Banks of a Maplewood Drive address, has been freed on bond for…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
No arrests yet
APD searching for party gunmen By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks blamed the chaos of the situation for initial reports that a May 18 party during which one person was shot to death and eight others wounded in a hail of gunfire was for past and present graduates of Escambia County High School. Brooks said he was being hounded by local, regional and national media…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Obituaries for week of May 26, 2019
  Cecil Ronald “Ronnie” Rhinehart Mr. Cecil Ronald “Ronnie” Rhinehart, age 72, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 at his home in Canoe, Ala.  He was a native and former resident of Mobile, Ala. and had resided in Canoe, since 1981. He taught the family to love God, family, country, and to respect other people. He was an avid golfer, fisherman, woodworker and our ultimate repairman for materialistic or life…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Atmore man arrested after Baldwin Co. chase
News Staff Report An Atmore man was finally taken into custody in the early hours of May 17 after he led police in four Baldwin County jurisdictions on a chase at speeds that at times exceeded 100 miles per hour and during which he ran over a female and tried to run over a Loxley police officer. According to published reports, the chase began around 1 a.m. when police in…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago