Atmore News

McGhee Hollinger Martin News Staff Report The three incumbents in the Poarch Creek Tribal Council election held Saturday, June 5, had no trouble keeping their seats. All three won handily.Robert “Robbie” McGhee kept his position as council vice chairman defeating his only challenger, Anthony G. Pebbles, 806 to 138. There were four write-in votes.The two at-large incumbents, Sandy Fretwell Hollinger and Keith Martin, were challenged by six candidates.The vote was…

Atmore man charged Boyter By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man is free on $100,000 bond after an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigation determined that he was engaged in illegal surveillance of a young woman.Robert Gray Boyter, 32, was arrested May 26 and charged with one count of aggravated criminal surveillance, a Class A misdemeanor under Alabama law. He was released from the Escambia County Detention Center May 28,…

Child succumbs after being pulled from pool Jaidan News Staff Report The Atmore area is mourning the loss of another child after a 4-year-old Walnut Hill boy succumbed last weekend to the effects of falling into a residential swimming pool.Authorities in Escambia County, Fla. reported that Jaidan Peters passed away Saturday, June 5, four days after he was found unresponsive in the pool.The accident occurred around 6:45 p.m., June 1,…