Author: Don Fletcher

Hands By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man remained in the Escambia County Detention Center March 7, charged with making threats to his ex-wife and trying to break into her house during an ongoing dispute.Due to restrictions on accepting non-violent inmates at the county jail due to the COVID pandemic, 45-year-old Quentin Roosevelt Hands was issued a summons after a February 18 incident. He was physically arrested and processed…

Craig Lawson Garvin Green By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Local police confirmed this week that a 34-year-old Atmore woman was arrested February 11 and charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.Cynthia Merie Craig was taken into custody by officers of the Atmore Police Department’s anti-drug unit, who executed a search warrant at her residence in a U.S. 31 mobile home park.An APD source reported that drug cops found…

Taylor McNeil By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman and her reported boyfriend are each free on $10,000 bond after their arrests on charges that they stole items valued at around $8,000 from a Century, Fla. storage barn last summer.The primary suspect, 25-year-old Kelsey Alanna Taylor of a Canoe Road address, claims she was told she could take several pieces of property from the barn to replace her own…

Coastal Growers grand opening draws large crowd Dirk Lindsey (with scissors) was joined by employees, government officials, Chamber of Commerce members and others as he cut the ribbon to officially open the massive shelling plant. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A crowd of about 300 — including farmers, bankers, first-term U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville and others — turned out last Wednesday, February 23, to officially welcome Coastal Growers to the…