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Distinguished Young Women
Scholarship, Leadership, Talent This year’s 14 contestants with the 2022 DYW, from left, Abigail Turner, Alonna Bedsole, Kadence Freeman, Morgan Jones, Makenna Anderson, Chloe Higdon, Harley Wilson, 2022 DYW Sydney Aaron, 2023 DYW Elora Waters, Jaila Goodwin, Courtney Cannon, Ashley Boutwell, Laiken Stone, Tiffany Gookin, Elizabeth Young And the winners are, from left, 2023 DYW Elora Waters, First Alternate Laiken Stone, Second Alternate Chloe Higdon, Third Alternate Tiffany Gookin Tiffany…
by Sherry Digmon access_time2 years ago
Obituaries, week of August 3, 2022
William Thomas Rolin Mr. William Thomas Rolin, age 80, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 at his home. He was born to Tracy and Girlie Walker Rolin in Atmore, Ala. He was a native of Poarch, Ala. and has resided in Stapleton, Ala. for the past forty-three years. He was a Member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, working for thirty-four years serving his Tribe initially as a Tribal…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Close call
Officer crashes on way to fire The light pole fell across the hood of the police cruiser By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Officer Kentrae Boggan of the Atmore Police Department, escaped with only minor injuries after he swerved to avoid a collision with another car on U.S. 31, slid down a grassy slope and sheared a utility pole while responding to a truck fire on South Road.Boggan was one of…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Atmore man busted for trafficking in Spice
Harris Southerland Lynn Wynn By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A local man was charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs after a search of his residence turned up two pounds of synthetic marijuana. According to Atmore Police Department reports, an APD narcotics investigator executed a warrant at a house in the 400 block of Bragg Street, at approximately 9:20 a.m. on July 20. Along with the Spice, police also came…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
I-65 wreck claims life of Atmore man
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man and the Jay, Fla. woman who was driving the car in which he was a passenger, both lost their lives in a July 20 multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 .According to Alabama State Trooper reports, Brittney K. Talbot, 37, of Jay was fatally injured when the 2001 Honda Civic she was driving was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram driven by David…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago