Atmore, Alabama

• Thursday Morning Alabama News
  

  He was convicted along with former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman in 2006 in a government corruption case.

• Trees with tasty treats have disappeared
  

  Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 8:57 am. Whatever happened to the a oechinkapina trees, the quince trees and the loquat trees? Surely all of you who are southern natives are familiar with these editables.

• Bonner visits town
  

  Posted on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 1:10 pm. Congressman Jo Bonner visited Atmore Wednesday afternoon and met with local citizens at Atmore City Hall.

• New assistant joins NES
  

  Posted on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 3:08 am. Students at W.S. Neal Elementary School are seeing a new face around campus.

• They never found young mother's body, but now Melinda McGhee is officially dead
  

  A photo of Melinda McGhee is flanked by two large candles and a host of smaller votive candles at the altar of Atmore, Alabama's Crosspoint Baptist Church in this March 24, 2004, file photo.

• Alabama Voices: Discipline's demise
  

  By Mel Cooper Jr. In the interest of full disclosure: I do not have, nor have I ever had, any children in public or private school.

• School enrollment a moving target
  

  Posted on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 10:25 pm. Superintendents for Brewton City Schools and Escambia County Schools are busy compiling records on the number of students attending classes at area schools for the 2010-2011 school year.

• Sewer work finished, expect more
  

  Posted on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 6:18 pm. Atmore Utilities workers have a lot of work behind them with a good amount of work still ahead.

• Area veterans memorialized
  

  Posted on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 6:21 pm. After years of planning, local veterans have made the dream of erecting a monument become a reality.

• County student numbers fluctuate
  

  Posted on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 6:24 pm. The number of students being served in the Escambia County School system is up and down, keeping administrators on their toes during the first weeks of school.

• Brewton, AL, Chained, starving dog chews off half foot and leg to escape torturous existence
  

  In theA early morningA hours of August 19, 2010, a severely emaciated 2 year oldA German Shepherd Dog , bleeding profusely from her hind foot and leg, was found in the "drop box" of the Humane Society of Escambia County , Brewton, Alabama.

• Ivan L. Strickland
  

  STATE LINE - Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Creek Baptist Church in State Line for Ivan Lee Strickland, 74, of State Line, who died Aug.

• Check out Midnight Confessions at Gulf Shores restaurant
  

  How about a little dinner music - Pleasure Island style? Check out Midnight Confessions, a five piece dance band that serves as the background music at Nolan's Restaurant, the legendary restaurant in Gulf Shores, Ala., that reopened this past July.

• Copper Thief In Atmore
  

  Businesses in Atmore Alabama are teaming up to catch a crook that's hit two shops so far all to get his hands on copper! Surveillance cameras at Audio Plus caught the thief in action as he got away with 5 to 6 hundred pounds of the precious metal Sunday.

• Bonner to visit next week
  

  Posted on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 10:03 pm. Escambia County residents will have an opportunity to share concerns and questions with U.S. Rep.

• Shots fired during chase
  

  Posted on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 4:02 am. Two people were arrested and face attempted murder charges after law enforcement officers were led on a high-speed chase early Monday that started in Alabama, in Florida and ended back in Alabama.

• Reba McEntire heats up in new video
  

  Reba McEntire performs at the Wind Creek Casino on July 17, 2009 in Atmore, Alabama.

• Inmate executed for 1992 killing
  

  ATMORE -- An Alabama man had no last words before he was ex ecuted Thursday for killing a woman who was abducted from her Birmingham home in 1992.

• Alabama governor declines to grant clemency ot Michael Jeffrey Land
  

  Michael Jeffrey Land, 41, is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. at Holman Prison in Atmore on Thursday.

City Description

Atmore is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 7,676. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 7,530. The city was named for Mr. C.P. Atmore. The federally recognized Poarch Band of Creek Indians is headquartered here. Atmore is located at 31°1′23″N 87°29′31″W / 31.02306°N 87.49194°W / 31.02306; -87.49194 (31.023183, -87.492067). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.4 square miles (21.6 km²), of which, 8.3 square miles (21.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.36%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,676 people, 3,148 households, and 2,071 families residing in the city. The population density was 922.5 people per square mile (356.2/km²). There were 3,535 housing units at an average density of 424.9/sq mi (164.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 49.48% White, 46.31% Black or African American, 2.41% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 3,148 households out of which 29.3% had

City Contained By:

• Escambia County
• Alabama
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 21.4969013158 km squared

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