Articles from the August 26, 2021 edition


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  • Atmore robbery suspect jailed

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Aug 26, 2021

    A Huntsville woman was scheduled to appear in a Madison County, Ala., courtroom yesterday (Wednesday) for a violation of probation hearing from a previous robbery charge, but instead was sitting in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton after being charged with robbery I in Atmore. Therease Antoinette Fletcher, 30, 6117 Valley Park Drive NW, Huntsville, is accused of threatening a clerk with a gun at the Walmart in Atmore and demanding cash. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said police...

  • Reaching out to one of their own

    Aug 26, 2021

  • Committee meets today over zoning

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Aug 26, 2021

    Flomaton's committee charged with developing a zoning plan for the town limits, which will be voted on by the town council, will hold its second meeting today (Thursday, Aug. 30) at town hall. The public is invited to attend. The committee, appointed by Mayor Bondurant and approved by the council, held its first meeting on July 21 and was presented a preliminary zoning plan as a starting point. Diane Burnett with South Alabama Regional Planning Commission is helping the town develop a zoning pla...

  • Barrow loved kids and the community

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Aug 26, 2021

    The Century and Flomaton areas mourn the loss of 93-year-old Lloyd Barrow, a fellow citizen and long-time resident who not only received the outstanding citizen award in 2012, but had a major impact on his community and the people in it. Barrow died Friday, Aug. 20, and his funeral was held Wednesday, Aug. 25, and he was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Barrow was a veteran of World War II and member of the Century Lion's Club. An avid collector of local...

  • Shell dedicated his life to help Atmore

    Michelle Gerlach, Guest Writer|Aug 26, 2021

    Editor's note: The following column concerning the death of former Atmore Mayor Howard Shell, who died Saturday, Aug. 21 at the age of 88 was written by Michelle Gerlach, former publisher of the Atmore Advance. ************************ Wordsworth wrote, "There are in our existence spots of time ...." This image captures what will forever be a defining one for me. It was 2004. Ivan had ripped the Gulf Coast apart, and Atmore and other parts of Escambia County had taken a good beating. If memory...

  • Brewton mud run a scrambled success

    Aug 26, 2021

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