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Battle of Badges is Tuesday
Special to Atmore News “Battle of the Badges,” the community’s first charity basketball contest pitting city police against city firemen, will take place next Tuesday, December 14, at Atmore Christian School.The event, billed as a “rivalry for the cause,” will raise funds to help with the annual “Christmas in Candyland” event, set for Saturday, December 18.Admission is $5 per person, and tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the local…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Man arrested for groping Walmart clerk
McGhee News Staff Report An Atmore man, already being sought for failure to appear in court for a review of a felony DUI charge, was arrested November 27 after he twice grabbed the private parts of a female employee of Atmore’s Walmart.David Allen McGhee, 60, of a Riley Road address, remained in the Escambia County Detention Center under a $300,000 bond as midweek approached, charged with one count of first-degree…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Biden’s border crisis continues
Congressman Jerry Carl I’ve written several times this year about the crisis at our southern border, and it seems like the crisis is even worse each time I write about it. Since day one in office, fixing the illegal immigration crisis has been a top priority for me. I’ve cosponsored countless pieces of legislation to address the problem, and I’ve been to the border to see the crisis firsthand. Despite…
by Submitted Article access_time2 years ago
On his way home
On December 1, in the small town of Yellow Bluff near Camden, retired Sheriff’s Deputy Madison “Skip” Nicholson, who was working as a constable / process service, responded to a residence on a domestic disturbance. Nicholson and another deputy were met with gunfire. Nicholson was shot multiple times in the chest and neck; he was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola in critical condition where he later died. On…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago