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Fire damages ambulance headquarters
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A predawn fire that broke out Saturday, June 13, in the electrical panel box at the headquarters shared by Atmore’s two ambulance services left the building without power and forced ambulances to stage operations from city fire stations for two days. Atmore Fire Department personnel were sent to the 112 North Main Street building at 3:45 a.m. after a report that the panel box…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Keeping our heads
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman These last few weeks have riveted the country’s attention on police brutality. The murder of George Floyd was an atrocity, and unfortunately it’s not the first one. As we have so often in our history, it’s time for America to respond with appropriate and reasonable reform. It’s not time to lose our heads, however. The “defund the police” movement is not the answer. My colleagues Rep.…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
Parole denied for 3 Escambia Co. men
Johnson Ramieri Weaver By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles denied over the past two weeks parole for three men sentenced in Escambia County, Ala. Two of those for whom parole was denied were convicted of sex offenses; the third is behind state bars for convictions on drug and theft charges. The board’s decision not to grant parole for Stacy Oneal Johnson, who has…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
‘Healing’ meeting this Thursday
News Staff Report A second meeting between city officials and local ministers to try and repair the racial rift within the city will take place at 5 p.m. this Thursday, June 18, at Atmore City Hall. The first such meeting, held two weeks ago (June 4) and attended by more than a dozen local ministers, black and white, brought little in the way of a concrete plan to bestow racial…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago