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2 trick or treats set
News Staff Report Trick or treaters have two opportunities to gather goodies this Halloween. The Chamber’s Trick or Treat on the Street will be this Friday, October 30, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. City-wide trick or treat will be Saturday, October 31, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The following businesses are participating in Trick or Treat on the Street Friday. Allegiance Apparel Atmore Public Library Busters Hawt Mess…
City swearing in is Monday
Lassiter Johnson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Two new city council members and the city’s new municipal court judge will be among the city of Atmore officials who will be sworn in at the city council meeting to be held next Monday, November 2. The meeting will be a little different than normal council sessions. It will begin at 6 p.m. instead of 4 p.m., and it will take…
APD looking into 2 shooting incidents
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks reported this week that APD detectives are investigating two separate shooting incidents, each of which occurred inside the city limits last Sunday, October 25. A person was wounded in one of the incidents, and investigators are reportedly looking at the case as a possible attempted murder, while details of the other one are almost non-existent. In a press release…
Jack’s is coming
To be built across from Walmart By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer City of Atmore officials confirmed with an “ultra-high degree of certainty” that Jack’s Family Restaurants will build its 11th — and southernmost — Alabama-based fast-food eatery here. Mayor Jim Staff said the deal is all but done, having come down to some minor amendments to the wording of the contract between the city and officials of the restaurant…
Obituaries, week of October 25, 2020
Jaden Monte James James Master Jaden Monte James, age 11, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020. He was born to Jermaine and Lashelby James. He was a 6th grade student at Flomaton Middle School in Flomaton, Ala. He enjoyed playing football with Alabama Roll Tide being his favorite football team. He enjoyed playing the fame of fortnight but his greatest love of all was church with hopes…