Atmore News

A local woman and a passenger in her 2016 Chevrolet Malibu escaped serious injury February 6 when the woman lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the sheltered portion of Atmore Grill (formerly Dean’s Grill), at the junction of North Main and Howard streets, just after 7 p.m. According to police reports, 22-year-old Kameran Boggan’s car slammed into the shelter’s support pole and its telecommunications pole and box after…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County High’s boys basketball team continued to pick up steam last weekend, knocking off Bullock County by a 51-42 score in AHSAA Class 4A South Subregionals action on Saturday, February 10, and advancing into the South Regional semifinals.Cleo Bolar Jr. scored 20 points to help lead the way for the Blue Devils. According to the AHSAA website, ECHS will meet UMS-Wright in a semifinals…

Gaiters By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A part-time emergency dispatcher with the Atmore Police Department, who also works as a Poarch Creek Indians Tribal Police dispatcher, was arrested last Thursday, February 8, after an internal APD investigation led to charges that he made sexual advances toward an inmate in the city lockup.According to a press release issued last week by Sgt. Darrell McMann, 41-year-old Lucas Gaiters was fired from his…

Local man jailed for stolen property, forgery, drug possession By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Hovance An Atmore man, 53-year-old John Kenneth Hovance, was arrested February 8 by city police on numerous felony charges, According to Atmore Police Department reports, APD patrol officers were advised around 6:25 p.m. to be on the lookout for a stolen vehicle that had reportedly been seen in the Freemanville Drive area.Officers located the vehicle and…