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Stafford joins ACH staff
Surgical Associates of South Alabama and Atmore Community Hospital announce the surgical service of a new general surgeon to the Atmore medical community. Dr. Trace Stafford, who began practicing as a member of the Surgical Associates of South Alabama in July of 2019, will begin seeing patients in Atmore beginning March 2020. “Dr. Stafford is a great addition to the Atmore medical community,” ACH Interim Administrator and Director of Nursing…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Execution set for accomplice in police killings
News Staff Report Death row inmate Nathaniel Woods, convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 slaying of three Birmingham police officers and the wounding of a fourth, is scheduled for execution this Thursday, March 5, at Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore. According to a posting on the Equal Justice Initiative website, there remain numerous questions regarding the execution. Among those are that the conviction of Woods, whose court-appointed attorney abandoned…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Atmore man charged with drug trafficking
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man is facing several drug charges, including trafficking in methamphetamine, after he was arrested last week in Pensacola. According to Escambia County (Fla.) Jail records, 42-year-old John Bradley James of a Sneed Drive address in Atmore was freed Monday (March 2) after total bonds of $56,500 were posted on his behalf. He is charged with one count each of trafficking in meth…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Pastor indicted
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An investigation that started in Atmore and is still ongoing here has resulted in the indictment and arrest in Monroeville of a minister who pastors churches in both cities. According to an article in last week’s Monroe Journal, Garyl Jermaine Gibbs, 47, of Monroeville was arrested after being indicted on one count of first-degree sodomy and two counts of second-degree sodomy. The indictment was…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Council approves surplus sale, demolitions
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members voted unanimously during their Monday, February 24, meeting to approve the costs of demolishing or repairing three properties that have been declared nuisances and to sell 16 surplus vehicles. Codes Enforcement Officer Chris Black said the properties have already been demolished. The costs associated with each are 154 Trout Street ($5,667.71); 1126 South Presley Street ($4,820.40), and 214 Mobile Street…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago