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Council borrows $1M to finance new city shop
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members passed during their Monday, April 27, meeting a resolution authorizing issuance of $1 million in financing warrants to pay for construction of a new city shop. The vote was 4-0, with one councilman abstaining. The construction project’s financing was the only topic on the council’s agenda during the panel’s fourth teleconference meeting of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participating were Mayor Jim…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Sex abuse charges against Atmore man
Jones By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the county jail this week, charged with taking sexual advantage of a young relative as the girl slept. Escambia County Detention Center records show that 32-year-old Charles Franklin Jones Jr. is charged with one count of felony sexual abuse of a child older than 12 but younger than 16. He is being held under a bond of $250,000.…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Tractor Supply announces May 9 opening for Atmore store
The sign for Atmore’s Tractor Supply Co. store was put in place last Friday. Special to Atmore News Officials of Tractor Supply Co. announced this week that the rural lifestyle retailer’s Atmore store would open for business on May 9. Last Friday, April 24, workmen hung the giant Tractor Supply Co. sign on the former Ramey’s building, located in the Atmore Corners Shopping Center near the intersection of Lindbergh Avenue…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Man charged with Kidnapping
McCants By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A 47-year-old Atmore man remained behind bars this week, nearly two weeks after he allegedly forced his former girlfriend into a car at knifepoint, then drove recklessly across town while threatening to kill her and himself. Kenyatta McCants, who was already out of jail on bond after his 2017 arrest on a weapons charge, is being held under $250,000 bond in the Escambia…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Sneed Drive standoff
James Negotiators traveled to and from the home in this Baldwin Co. SO vehicle. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Special officers trained for such situations stormed an Atmore residence last Tuesday (April 21) and took custody of a heavily armed Atmore man, ending a standoff that had continued for nearly 12 hours. Members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams from Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and nearby Baldwin…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago