Don Fletcher

Life without parole
McCaster pleads to intentional murder By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore man, arrested nearly five years ago and charged with capital murder in the June 2013 strangulation death of an Atmore woman, avoided a possible death sentence by entering a guilty plea last week in Escambia County Circuit Court to a lesser charge. Collis McCaster, 45, swapped a guilty plea to intentional murder in exchange for a sentence…
Deadly party
1 killed, 8 wounded, as gunfire shatters celebration By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Friday, May 17, was a red-letter day for Escambia County High School. Little did anyone know that the school’s fortunes would take a 180-degree turn before the sun rose on May 18. A Friday announcement that the Class of 2019 had set a new record for the dollar-value of scholarships earned was followed by the football…