Atmore News

Special to Atmore News Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) officials announced last week that three more state inmates, including one housed at Fountain Correctional Facility near Atmore, have tested positive for COVID-19.The other two new cases were reported at Draper Quarantine Intake Facility in Elmore, Alabama) – two (2) inmates.Newly identified positive case(s) include inmates who are symptomatic and inmates who are asymptomatic. All existing quarantine protocols held in-place or…

McFarley Peters By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two longtime state inmates, each of whom was convicted in Escambia County of crimes committed while they were already behind bars, were denied parole during hearings held recently by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles.James Christopher McFarley, who turned or will turn 52 this year, has spent more than 30 of the past 32 years in jail or prison. He was sentenced…

Russell By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man, convicted of murder in 2004 in the shooting death of his cousin a year earlier, will remain in prison at least five more years after he was denied parole during May 27 hearings by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles.Lionel Russell, who is or will soon be 37 years old, has been behind bars for more than 18 years, including…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore Police Department officer, injured May 23 when a bullet exploded while he was handling a family member’s gun, is apparently on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery.APD Capt. John Stallworth reported this week that doctors at University Hospital in Mobile had to perform a delicate surgical procedure on one of Officer Reece Marx’s eyes to remove a piece of shrapnel that flew…