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Keep AOC and Bernie Sanders out of Alabama
Congressman Jerry Carl Alabama is the best place to live, work, and raise a family. This is why I am proud to be born and raised in Alabama, and it’s why I chose to raise my family here. Unfortunately, out of state liberals, including AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren have recently been hard at work trying to fundamentally change Alabama to be more like California and New…
by Submitted Article access_time3 years ago
Drug dealer paroled, murderer denied
Taylor Allen By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While a former East Brewton drug dealer was granted parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles, another Escambia County man, convicted more than a quarter-century ago of murder, found out he will spend at least 25 more years behind bars.Jemartin Tarell Allen, 38, was able to walk out of Kilby Correctional Facility after the board decided that he…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Atmore News credited with helping reunite runaway, family
Bundrum By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Daphne teen who left a Baldwin County diversion center March 16 without permission was found safe and sound in Georgia and is now back in the care of relatives.Rebekah Bundrum, 15-year-old runaway, turned herself in and called her mother around 4 p.m. March 23 after reaching Cartersville, Ga., said her aunt, Deanna Simpson, who credited Atmore News with helping safely bring to an…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Chain-reaction wreck leads to power outage
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, charged with driving his pickup while reportedly impaired, started a March 27 chain reaction that eventually involved two other vehicles and a utility pole.The alcohol-fueled series of vehicular collisions, which started between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., left most of downtown Atmore and the city’s northwestern quadrant without power for more than an hour.Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
City spent $5.7K to mow 13 nuisance properties
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer City of Atmore officials announced last week that the city incurred labor and other expenses totaling $5,697.58 in the recent abatement of grass and weeds from 13 properties designated last year as nuisances.City Codes Enforcement Officer Greg Vaughn presented city council members with cost reports on each of the properties during the panel’s March 22 meeting, explaining that the action was taken only after all…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago