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Spice, pot, guns seized during raid on Atmore home
Gray Officers found synthetic and natural marijuana, along with two rifles, two handguns and various items for packaging and distributing the illicit substances. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A wheelchair-bound Atmore man is behind bars after a multi-agency raid on his Atmore residence turned up synthetic and natural marijuana, along with materials for packaging and distributing the illicit substances, and four firearms. Austin James Gray Jr., 43, was taken…
ACH to open new clinic
Contest to name it Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announced that it will open a new primary care physician clinic in Atmore. The new primary care clinic is tentatively set to open in December of 2020 and will feature a new physician partnered with a new advanced practice provider, supported by a team of nurses and office staff. “We are currently working to finalize the contract for…
Election certified
Staff re-elected; Johnson takes D3 seat; Gideons, Harrison in run-off Gideons and Harrison at city hall August 25 News Staff Report When there is uncertainty about a voter’s eligibility because the potential voter’s name is not on the voter rolls, he or she doesn’t have the required identification document or some other issue, the election manager is required to offer the voter a provisional ballot instead of a regular ballot.…
Four injured in wreck near Poarch
Two minors and two adults were injured shortly before 2 p.m. Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle accident near Poarch. The driver of the sedan apparently (according to witnesses) pulled out of Atmosphere Road in front of a GMC pickup which was traveling southbound on Poarch Road. The car was t-boned and then struck a Republic Services garbage truck traveling north on Poarch Road. Emergency crews from Poarch Fire Department, Poarch…
Obituaries, week of August 30, 2020
Sylvester Hartley Mr. Sylvester Hartley, age 60, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Friday, August 21, 2020 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center – Gadsden, Ala. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced by Turner Funeral Chapel. Nathan Andrew Barnes Barnes Mr. Nathan Andrew Barnes, age 22, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020. He was a native and former resident of Pensacola, Fla. and had resided in Molino,…