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Atmore awarded Rebuild Alabama funds
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Gov. Kay Ivey recently marked her seventh year in office by announcing that more than $7.9 million in state funding, including money to put new surfaces on five Atmore streets, has been awarded to Alabama communities and counties for various road and bridge projects.The funds, from the Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) set-aside of a portion of the state’s share of new gas tax revenue,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 days ago
Brewton ‘frequent flyer’ denied parole
Mccreary By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Brewton man, currently serving his fourth state-prison term since 2007, was denied parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.Michael Lee McCreary was arrested by Brewton police during an undercover drug operation in 2021 for allegedly distributing methamphetamine, crack cocaine and Alprazolam, a prescription drug used to treat anxiety disorder or panic disorder.He was also charged with violation of…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 days ago
Felony arrests
Couple busted in Jack Springs Road drug raid By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer V. Garner F. Garner Atmore Police Department narcotics officers arrested an Atmore husband and wife after execution of a search warrant at their Jack Springs Road residence turned up illegal drugs, a small amount of marijuana and several items associated with drug use.APD Sgt. Darrell McMann reported that officers discovered during the search: nine grams of a…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 days ago
Solar farm
Co. commissioner ‘skeptical’ as dirt work begins on 500 acres near Wawbeek The ‘farm’ will encompass the area inside the red lines. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In Escambia County, farmers grow and market a wide variety of crops, including cotton, corn and soybeans. A Carolina company is adding a different sort of crop to the list, and at least one county commissioner isn’t exactly overjoyed about it.Asheville, N.C.-based Pine…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 weeks ago
Work nearing completion on new airport hangars
Workers prepare the drainage area that will serve the new hangars. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Crews from Chunchula-based S.C. Stagner Contracting, Inc. continued this week their work on the six new aircraft hangars at Atmore Municipal Airport, the first projection in a list of major improvements planned for the local airfield.The anticipated cost of construction of the hangars is $1,440,240.45 and is 90-percent funded by a Federal Aviation Administration…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 weeks ago