Atmore News

Chained, emaciated dogs found on property Firefighter DeMarcus McMillian, left, and Chief Ron Peebles train water onto the blaze. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer City firefighters didn’t find any people on the property when they arrived at a burning Carver Avenue house last Friday afternoon, January 21. They did, however, find nearly a dozen non-human inhabitants in and around the blazing structure. As the effort to quell the flames…

Atmore Cal Ripken Baseball registration began Monday, January 24, and will continue through February 28, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Atmore Public Library, 700 East Church Street. Registration fee is $20.Please note the following divisions: T-ball ages 4-6; Coach Pitch ages 7-8; Minor League ages 9-10; Major League ages 11-12.For more information, call 251-294-1128.

News Staff Report Poarch Band of Creek Indians plans to build a state-of-the-art, USDA-inspected meat processing facility just outside Atmore.According to a tribal press release issued last week, the plant will have the capacity to process up to 125 cattle per week.PCI, the state’s only federally recognized Indian tribe, has owned and operated Perdido River Farms, one of the largest cattle operations in Alabama, since 1982 and has plans to…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A January 21 traffic stop in downtown Atmore led to the discovery and recovery by city police of a significant amount of marijuana and counterfeit U.S. currency.Police took a suspect into custody, but the counterfeit money angle makes the case primarily a U.S. Secret Service operation, and federal agents have not released the suspect’s name or issued a mug shot.“One of our officers conducted a…