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City garbage schedule
Calvin Grace, Director of Atmore’s Streets & Sanitation Department, announced that garbage and trash routes will be adjusted slightly for the Christmas holiday.There will be no garbage or trash collected on Monday, Christmas Day. Monday’s collections will be made instead on Tuesday, and Tuesday pickup will be made on Wednesday, December 27. Schedules will return to normal on Thursday, December 28.
by Atmore News access_time5 months ago
Atmore man, Opp man each charged with possession
Pleasant Morrill Cooper Dirden By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, 44-year-old Michael Darnell Pleasant, was arrested by city police December 16 on a felony drug charge after his vehicle was pulled over because its tag was out of date.According to Atmore Police Department Sgt. Darrell McMann, an officer conducted the traffic stop around 3 a.m. on Alabama 21. The officer noted that Pleasant’s driver’s license had been revoked…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 months ago
No parole for Atmore mugger, Brewton ‘Peeping Tom’
Gentry Baggett By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man with a penchant for mugging elderly individuals and robbing them of their valuables, and a Brewton man who has been diagnosed as an anti-social “Peeping Tom” and is serving a life sentence, were each denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The Atmore man, Jeffrey Daniel Gentry, is serving his third stint in prison since…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 months ago
The FY24 National Defense Authorization Act is a win for Alabama and the United States
Congressman Jerry Carl Congress’s most important responsibility is providing our men and women in uniform the equipment and training they need to protect us every day. The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act does just that.The FY24 NDAA authorizes a total of $886.3 billion in spending for the Department of Defense and includes $316.6 million in construction funds for our military bases in Alabama. Service members in Alabama, from…
by Submitted Article access_time5 months ago