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City plans to unveil new website next week
Chris Walker has been working on the new site for nearly eight months. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer If everything goes as planned, City of Atmore officials will unveil next week a new, more functional and more user-friendly website that will allow the public to air grievances, pay bills and perform other functions not previously available online.The unveiling, scheduled for Tuesday, March 28, will mark the culmination of an eight-month…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Grand theft auto(s)
Woman takes ex-husband’s truck, steals Good Samaritan’s car By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman remained in the Escambia County (Fla.) Jail March 21, charged with taking her ex-husband’s truck without his permission, driving it until it ran out of gas, then abandoning it and stealing the car of a man who stopped to assist her.Toni Marie Gibson, 27, of a Red Eagle Drive address, is charged with one…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Women sleeping in car get rude awakening
Harris Barnhill By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Mobile woman and a Flomaton woman got a rude awakening March 19 after an Atmore police officer found them asleep in a car parked at a Church Street parking lot, with drugs and drug paraphernalia clearly visible inside the car.The officer, who was sent to the site after dispatchers received a report of a “suspicious vehicle,” observed two females — later identified…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Out-of-state residents arrested with pot, heroin, meth
Lowe Arnold Little Mancuso By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Pennsylvania residents and a North Carolina resident were arrested March 10 on numerous felony drug charges after Atmore police stopped a car for speeding.According to police reports, the car was pulled over around 3:10 p.m. at Tom Byrne Park. As the vehicle came to a stop, an individual later identified as 21-year-old Edward Luther Lowe of Erie, Pa., jumped out…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Who’s News?
By Atmore News Staff Coaches neededAtmore’s Cal Ripken Baseball League is in need of adults to coach teams in two age groups, 7-8 years and 12-and-under. Assistant coaches and umpires who are knowledgeable of youth baseball and its rules are also badly needed. Those willing to help steer the young players are urged to call Murray Johnson at 251-294-1128. All-State cagerEscambia County High School basketball standout Stephen Williams was named…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago