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Casino cookies
Wind Creek Hotel recently ordered 500 St. Patrick’s Day cookies for hotel guests. Since the hotel and all other Wind Creek Alabama properties are closed, half the cookies were donated to staff at Atmore Community Hospital, while the other half were donated to residents of William F. Green State Veterans Home in Bay Minette. Shown, from left, Jordan Plato, Samantha Miller with Wind Creek, Brad Lowery, Kim Miller and Suzanne…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
3 denied parole
Staff Reports Shon Phillips of Atmore was among those denied parole during Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles hearings on March 11. Phillips began in 2018 serving a sentence of 65 months (5-1/2 years) in prison after his conviction for distribution of a controlled substance. Some may remember Phillips for his outstanding basketball career at Escambia County High School. In 1999, he earned honorable mention on the Alabama Sportswriters Association…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Coronavirus
Special session, restrictions, closings By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore’s mayor and council met Monday, March 16, in a special session to provide updates from local health, court and senior services officials on the affects the coronavirus outbreak, which has reached the pandemic stage, has had and will have on the community. World Health Organization statistics reveal that the outbreak, which has earned pandemic status, had through Monday affected…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Main, satellite courthouses closing until April 6
Escambia County (Ala.) Commissioners voted unanimously during a special meeting today (Tuesday, March 17) to close the main courthouse in Brewton and the satellite courthouse in Atmore, effective tomorrow, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The closure, which was recommended by the Association of County Commissions of Alabama, will remain in effect until at least April 6. A letter that includes the telephone numbers of county officials will be posted…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries, week of March 15,2020
Lucille Carlie Conway Mrs. Lucille Carlie Conway, age 91, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 in Century, Fla. She was a native of Repton, Ala. and had resided in Flomaton, Ala. most of her life. She was a former employee of the Shirt Factory of Flomaton, Vanity Fair of Atmore, Ala. and Chemstrand. She was a homemaker and devoted her life to her family and serving others. She was a…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago