Day: August 22, 2018

Don Fletcher

Making ACH safer
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although Atmore and Escambia County hospital officials plan to build a new medical facility in the near future, they have taken steps to make the existing facility a safer one. The local hospital is currently undergoing a two-phase renovation project, the first phase of which will segregate patients seeking outpatient treatment from patients who are waiting to be treated by ACH’s emergency department staff,…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Criminal charges unlikely in recent stabbing
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Chances are that no one will be charged in connection with the August 7 stabbing of a local man who apparently provoked his alleged assailant into using the weapon against him. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said during an August 13 interview that city investigators had turned their investigative file over to District Attorney Steve Billy and asked him to decide whether or not…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Pilger Chevrolet in town
  By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer If Jason Pilger had to describe his life right now, he might use the word “chaotic.” Pilger took over ownership of Chuck Stevens Chevrolet in Atmore last Wednesday, August 15. Atmore is a good fit for Pilger. He lives in Mobile and has a hunting camp in Camden. He said Atmore is just about a halfway point for him. The weeks leading up…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Haskew Middleton honored
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Report Haskew Middleton has reached a milestone. It may be one that no one else in the state has reached. In fact, it could be that he stands alone even across the nation. Mr. Middleton has been a member of American Legion Post 90 in Atmore for 75 years of continuous membership. Continuous is the key word. Efforts by the Legion to find anyone else…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Knife-carrying suspect has ‘mental issues’
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer No charges will be lodged against a local man who triggered a tense and massive mini-manhunt by local law enforcement last week when he dropped from a tree into the backyard of an Atmore residence. Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week he didn’t expect that the man, who was struggling with internal challenges and whose name has not been released, would be charged…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago