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Obituaries, week of June 19, 2024
Earnestine Brantley Mrs. Earnestine Caraway Brantley, age 85, passed away Monday, June 10, 2024. She was born in Atmore, Ala. and lived most of her life in Flomaton, Ala. and the last 10 years in Wedowee, Ala. with her daughter and three and one-half years of those years in Clay County Nursing Home in Ashland, Ala.She worked and retired from Vanity Fair. She enjoyed doing puzzles, listening to Elvis and…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Shooting arrest
ECSO still investigating late-May assault at Freemanville teen center Rostchild By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer County sheriff’s investigators are still working to determine just what happened to trigger a shooting incident that erupted during a late-May gathering in Freemanville and left one person in critical condition.According to a story published online June 7 by WKRG-TV, a large crowd had gathered for what started as a “rap battle” between a group…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
My story, part 1
Digmon For months, I’ve told the folks here at Atmore News I wanted the entire front page when our legal mess was finished. And now, it’s finished. All charges have been dismissed – with prejudice, meaning we cannot be arrested for the same charges.But as you can see, I didn’t want the entire front page after all. Instead, I want to tell my story – and in part our stories…
by Sherry Digmon access_time2 years ago
Tractor Supply stabbing suspect jailed
Still By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police have released the name of the only person charged in the April 23 knife fight that took place in the Lindberg Avenue parking lot of Tractor Supply.Although the Escambia County Detention Center website has no record of the arrest, WKRG-TV reported that Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann posted to APD’s Facebook page that 19-year-old Luke Still was arrested May 29 when…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago