Atmore News

A two-vehicle collision that happened Tuesday, November 15, around 8: 30 a.m. at the intersection of East Nashville Avenue and Medical Park Drive sent at least one person to Atmore Community Hospital by ambulance. The names of the drivers were not available at Tuesday’s press deadline.

Vanhuse By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Montgomery man who was wanted by state corrections officials for escape, was arrested Nov. 7 in Atmore after police received a complaint, he was selling cellular telephones in the city without a business license.The complaint came in around noon that someone — later determined to be Lamar Vanhuse, 46 — was selling cell phones at Bragg Street Apartments without a business license.A police…

Frye By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An 18-year-old Atmore man was arrested November 7 in connection with shots that were fired into a local residence in October.The incident occurred on October 20, around 1:50 p.m., at a house in the 100 block of Crow Street. Atmore police were sent to the residence in reference to shots being fired into it.APD officers arrived to discover several spent shell casings, believed to…

Campbell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Brewton man who has been behind state prison bars for more than 14 years, will remain a state inmate for at least five more years after the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles recently refused his bid for parole.Board members turned down the application of Darrell Campbell, who was convicted in 2012 in Escambia County Circuit Court of second-degree assault and first-degree criminal…

News Staff Report Music on Main, Atmore’s annual after-hours shopping extravaganza that includes free outdoor and indoor music, will take place this Thursday evening, November 17, in the city’s downtown area.The fun begins at 5:30 p.m. and continues through 7 p.m. Several stores and shops are staying open throughout the event, allowing residents and visitors to get a start on or finish up their last-minute holiday shopping while enjoying several…