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Car runs under semi-trailer
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer No serious injuries were reported Saturday morning, June 23, when the driver of a 1995 Ford Mustang apparently didn’t notice that a tractor-trailer rig ahead of it was making a right turn, and ran up under the rig’s trailer. The mishap, which happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. at the junction of U.S. 31 and Wilson Avenue, caused only temporary traffic problems on the highway,…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Man charged with attempted murder
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man is free on $100,000 bond this week, charged with three counts of attempted murder after he allegedly fired a gun into an occupied vehicle on a residential street. Police Chief Chuck Brooks said in a June 19 press release that 33-year-old Labranden Sharp, of a Woods Road address, surrendered to Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies on June 18, four days after…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Amended docket released
News Staff Report The amended criminal jury term 21st judicial circuit docket, July 16, was released this week. Following are the cases on the docket. Honorable Bert W. Rice – Division I Emmanuel Nared, TOP 2nd, UPFI Honorable J. David Jordan, Division II Christina Daniels, TOP / deception, att-CS crime; Sean Te’Andre Knight, PPC; Christopher Gibbs, LSA w/injuries; Michael Crenshaw, crim. neg. homicide; Leanna Gibbs LSA w/injuries; Cynthia Lanier Lopez,…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Smith wants ordinances enforced; Webster wants respect
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer   Discord worked its way into the June 25 Atmore City Council meeting, as one member of the panel demanded that city ordinances regarding abandoned vehicles be enforced, and another demanded that he be given more respect in administering his district. The complaints weren’t raised until after a Mobile-based non-profit had elicited a promise of support in its effort to help lessen the area’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Obituaries for the week of June 24, 2018
Charles Keevin Wiggins Mr. Charles Keevin Wiggins, age 58, of Pensacola, Fla., passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in Pensacola, Fla. He was born in Atmore, Ala. to Audeen Godwin and Leonard Kent Wiggins. He graduated from Ernest Ward High School, Walnut Hill, Fla. and Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. He worked as a realtor in Alabama and Florida for twenty plus years, spending several years with Ricky Wiggins, Builder. He…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago