Atmore News

Special to Atmore News Pensacola Caring Hearts Inc. will present its third Atmore food giveaway on Thursday, August 19. The event, which is open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., off Hodnette Drive in Tom Byrne Park. It will reportedly continue until all the free food is distributed.Atmore City Councilwoman Eunice Johnson said the Pensacola organization gave away “about 6,000 pounds” of food at its last…

By JOSH FRYENews Staff Writer Local law enforcement officials, responding to a report of a possible burglary in progress around 8:45 a.m., found instead a vagrant who was simply searching for food and water as he attempted to make his way back to north Alabama.The incident occurred last Wednesday (July 28) in the area of Ima Lane and Bell Fork Road, just off Alabama 21 North, in Atmore’s police jurisdiction.…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The finer points of an agreement between county healthcare officials and a Summerdale-headquartered emergency medical services provider are still being worked out, but there is no doubt a new ambulance service will soon be operating in and around Atmore.“We are targeting September 1 as the date for transition to ground service from ASAP to Medstar,” said Jeff Booth, Escambia County Health Care Authority’s (ECHCA) chief…

Mackey Rice Mealer Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Four state inmates with local ties, including an Atmore man and a convict who escaped from state custody briefly during a work detail in Atmore more than a dozen years ago, were denied parole during recent hearings held by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Damian Lamont Mackey, 43, is serving a 20-year sentence that resulted from his 2006 conviction in…