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By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Alabama Department of Environmental Management officials announced recently that the agency has awarded $1.4 million of federal funds to West Escambia Utilities (WEU) that will provide much-needed improvements to the ancient sanitary sewer system in downtown Atmore.Kenny Smith, manager of the utility company that provides gas, water and sewer to […]

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Isaac R. Lopez, currently serving a 10-year sentence in a Florida prison for trafficking in methamphetamine, was sentenced last week to another prison term but most likely won’t have to spend any additional time behind bars.Circuit Judge Todd Stearns sentenced Lopez, a former policeman in Atmore and Flomaton, to serve […]

Escambia Academy honored their senior basketball players before the region game against South Choctaw Friday January 26. It was fitting on Senior Night that the boys and girls varsity teams won their games. EA boys end their season 15-2 overall and undefeated in region 2 of AISA Class A (6-0). The Cougars are the region champion. Shown are the EA senior basketball players, from left, Caitlin Lanham, Scottlia Williams, Scottla Williams, Luke Bell, Quinton Odom, and Charlie Sasser.

Elusive local auto thefts suspect in custody By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police now know why a man who stole two vehicles and tried to steal three other modes of transportation last weekend was so desperate to flee from authorities. Sgt. Darrell McMann, an Atmore Police Department investigator, reported early Tuesday, February 20, […]

The following docket is set for the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Criminal Court, March 11, 2024 – March 22, 2024 Judge WhiteEric Scott Risley, UPCS; Tyson Phillips, Robbery 1st; Daryl Graves, Stalking 1st; Justin Blake Gibson, UPCS; Mark Leland Musser, UPCS; Deon Booth, PPC 1st; Clinton Wiggins, UPCS;Adam Countryman, UPCS; Jacob Turner, UPCS; Eddie Bernard Jones, […]

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer During a workshop that immediately preceded a March 7 special called meeting, five members of

Memorial Day Photo Gallery

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A thunderstorm that dumped rain on Atmore for about half an hour prior to the scheduled start of the community-wide anti-violence program, held Saturday, June 29, forced an hour’s delay in the program’s start and its relocation to a drier setting.The rain and relocation were also at least partly responsible […]

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Three local firefighters who share a collective 100-years-plus in their chosen career or avocation

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The community had an opportunity to meet the leaders of area schools Monday night, July 29, as the Yellow Hat Society hosted a Meet & Greet at city hall.