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Free food event Aug. 19
Special to Atmore News Pensacola Caring Hearts will present its third Atmore grocery giveaway this Thursday, August 19.Distribution of more than 6,000 pounds of perishable and non-perishable food items will begin at 10 a.m. at Tom Byrne Park, located off Hodnette Drive.For more information on the event, call Fannie Finkley at 850-375-1838.
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Tethered tank triggers emergency response
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police officers and firefighters were sent to the local Walmart shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday, August 15, after officials of the store reported that employees found what appeared at first to be some type of improvised explosive device.The concerns turned out to be unfounded, although police did find a propane tank tied with a heavy-duty plastic tie to a bush or small tree, in…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Inmate will apparently serve sentence
Oden By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A state inmate who was sentenced in 1998 to serve a 25-year sentence after his conviction for a robbery he committed as an inmate, is apparently going to go the distance and serve the entire prison term.Juandricus Jermaine Oden, 41, was denied parole by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles during a recent hearing, leaving Oden with about a year and four months…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
President Biden is to blame for Afghanistan
Congressman Jerry Carl Over the weekend, people across the world watched as President Biden allowed the Taliban to take control of more than 20 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Within a matter of hours, the Taliban took control of the U.S Embassy in Kabul, seized the presidential palace, and began firing on the Kabul Airport as thousands of Americans, Afghans, and other innocent people in the area desperately fled for their…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
Johnson, Roley graduate Troy
Troy University recognizes students who completed the requirements for graduation during the summer semester and term 5 of the 2020/2021 academic year.Two students from Atmore who graduated are James Johnson and Allison Roley.The summer semester includes graduates from the Troy, Ala., campus. Term 5 graduates include students at Troy’s campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, Ala., along with teaching sites outside of Alabama and online.Troy University is a public,…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago