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More felony arrests stem from traffic stops
Adkins Bryars Barnhill By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police investigators continued over the past week to reel in motorists who were found to be in possession of various controlled substances as they drove or rode along city streets and state highways.Triple troubleA Florida woman who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over by an Atmore Police Department investigator found herself charged with possession of three different controlled substances…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Local man nabbed twice in 3 days
Rolin By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man was arrested April 1 on felony drug possession charges, less than three days after he was released from jail, where he had been held on felony drug possession charges.Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that Brian Rolin, 52, drove up to a driver’s license checkpoint that was manned by APD investigators and Alabama State Troopers around 12:15 a.m. last Wednesday,…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Local Legion post has plans a’plenty
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer After a relatively lengthy quiet period, officials of Billy Glenn Rushing American Legion Post 90 in Atmore are starting to make some noise, noise that will help enhance not only the post’s reputation, but the community in which it is located.Having already gleaned attention across the state and in places as far away as Iowa and South Dakota with the award-winning Old Glory Lookout flag-disposal…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Mobile home fire
Volunteer firefighting units from Little Rock, Barnett Crossroads and Pineview teamed up Monday, April 4, to battle a mobile home blaze and keep it from spreading to other properties. According to Barnett Crossroads VFD assistant chief Ryan Reaves, firefighters were dispatched around 11:17 p.m. to the 600 Block of Hogwallow Road, off Butler Street and about 10 miles north of Atmore, where the single-wide mobile home was “fully engulfed” in…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Honoring the team, community supporters
The ECHS team, from left, Hakeem Johnson, Jacob Dirden, Terrence McNeil, Jamarcus Johnson, Anthony McCants, Stephen Williams, LaCarlos Thomas. Not pictured are Sheldon Williams, Conor McPherson, and Kaiden Arnold. Cabaniss presents a signed basketball to Sherry Digmon Mayor Jim Staff with a signed basketball Dale Ash received a keepsake By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher The Escambia County High School Culinary Arts Department honored the school’s basketball team with a reception Thursday,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time4 years ago