Author: Don Fletcher

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A flag football fundraiser, “Touchdowns for Mallory,” will take place this Saturday, December 18, to help pay mounting medical bills for a 9-year-old Escambia County Middle School fourth-grader who faces a long, slow road to recovery after a violent Thanksgiving Eve automobile crash.Mallory Gibson suffered a broken back and numerous other injuries in the U.S. 31 crash, which also critically injured her mother, 40-year-old Wandra…

Lambeth Wiggins Pipkins Freeman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore police continued to rack up felony drug arrests over the past week, as methamphetamine possession charges were filed against two Atmore men, a Perdido man and a Robertsdale man.APD Chief Chuck Brooks reported this week that the four arrests were the result of three separate traffic stops. One incident also included a charge for resisting arrest, while two of the…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council approved six separate resolutions and named two individuals to the city’s zoning board during the council’s Monday, December 13, meeting.Each of the resolutions was passed unanimously, with no discussion and no comment, by city governors, who also voted in unison to appoint Elliott Faircloth and Shaquanda Kyles to the Board of Zoning Adjustments.The first resolution was to allow Civil Southeast to apply…