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Dispose of prescription drugs Thursday
If you have unused or expired medication, here’s a chance to turn them in for safe disposal. Escambia County Children’s Policy Council and Escambia County High, T.R. Miller, W.S. Neal, Flomaton High Peer Helpers are sponsoring Prescription Pill Take Back Day Thursday, April 20, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Locations are Walmart in Atmore, City Hall in Flomaton, and Christ Kingdom Ministry Center in Brewton. Please leave medications in its…
It could have been worse
Only minor injuries resulted from a Sunday (April 16) collision that occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m., when the driver of this Nissan Xterra pulled from the Unity Baptist Church parking lot, onto U.S. 31 and into the path of a Jeep Wrangler Sport. Atmore Ambulance Service medics checked each person, then left when each refused transport to the local hospital. City firefighters and a sheriff’s deputy directed traffic around the…
UB receives 5-star rating
United Bank announces it has maintained its 5-Star Superior rating for strength and security from BauerFinancial, the nation’s leading independent bank rating firm. The 5-Star award recognizes United Bank’s financial strength and performance and is based on profitability, capital, level of delinquent loans, charge-offs, repossessed assets and liquidity. The rankings announced are based on the bank’s December 31st financial results. BauerFinancial recommends that all financial institutions earn a 4- or…
Obituaries for the week of April 19, 2017
Mae Bell Jeter Mrs. Mae Bell Jeter, age 100, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at her home in Uriah, Ala. She was a native of Conecuh County and resided in Uriah all her married life. She was a long- time member of Mineola Baptist Church of Uriah. She is preceded in death by her husband of forty-seven years, John Henry Jeter; her son, James H. Jeter and her granddaughter, Amy…
Cocaine seized near school
An Atmore man was arrested on numerous felony charges after city narcotics officers armed with a search warrant turned up illegal drugs inside his home, which is located across the street from a local elementary school, on Friday (April 14). Dante Maurice Haynes, 38, lives in the 500 block of Fourth Avenue, in a house that faces the back of A.C. Moore Elementary School’s campus. He was taken into custody…