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Local man killed while working on road crew
Morris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Escambia County man, one of two state inmates hit and killed by a car last week as they worked on an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) work crew, was to have been laid to final rest on Tuesday, August 8.Forty-year-old Colt Eugene Morris of Escambia County and Ronnie Steven Cornelius, 30, of Colbert County were both killed while working along Marion County Highway…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
GECA’s ‘Four Windows’ opens this week
Play to run over two weekends In dress rehearsal, from left, Charity Strength, Sharon Poulsen, Linda Williams (in the window), Carley Martens and Vinson Jaye in the doorway, Tom Jeter and Gretchen McPherson. By GRETCHEN MCPHERSONSpecial to Atmore News The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA) presents “Four Windows,” a StageStruck production that tells the story of four elderly female friends in an apartment building living a pretty uneventful…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
No parole for Brewton men
Campbell Henderson Kiser By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Three Brewton men — two of them convicted of dealing drugs, the other as a habitual arsonist — were denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Gary Henderson, who has spent more than 27 years behind bars, was sentenced under the Habitual Felony Offender Act to life with the possibility of parole in 1996 when he was…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Integrity
Congressman Jerry Carl I’ve written twice in the last few months about the broken justice system that is unfairly targeting President Trump for exercising his First Amendment rights, while overlooking and distracting from Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings. Since then, the attacks on President Trump have gotten even worse, and we’ve continued finding out more about Joe Biden’s knowledge of and involvement in his son’s criminal activity.Despite the Left’s attempts…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
Felony arrests
Foley woman jailed for third time since February Pitts Bernal Daniels Allen Dortch Hall By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A woman who lists a Foley address was arrested August 3, the third time since February she has been charged by Atmore authorities with drug possession.After a traffic stop on Alabama 21, a female officer searched Amanda Jean Pitts, 45, and found several plastic baggies on her person, some of which…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago