Don Fletcher

Sex offender re-arrested 1 day after release from prison
Pratt By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A 22-year-old registered sex offender from Atmore, sent to prison in 2019 for luring a child into a sexual situation, was back behind bars just a day after his release from the state prison system. Escambia County Detention Center records show that Ricky Terrell Pratt, who was listed as living at a Martin Loop address and a Liberty Street address, was arrested September…
FEMA to pay most of debris removal costs
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer City of Atmore officials, faced with the daunting task of removing the tons of vegetative debris piled up along city streets and sidewalks in the wake of Hurricane Sally, learned this week that most of the costly burden will be borne by federal and state agencies. “This is great news,” said Mayor Jim Staff upon learning that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will…
Senior complex coming
Shown is Cypress Trace in Bay Minette. Developers say Atmore Senior Village will be identical. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Officials of Florence, Alabama-based CRN Development confirmed this week that the company is in the process of constructing a 50-unit housing complex, just outside Atmore, for senior citizens. The “affordable senior adult multifamily” development, to be called Atmore Senior Village, is already under construction. It will be located on…
2 granted parole, 1 denied
Womack Jackson Wilson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Two inmates with local ties were granted parole, another was denied, during hearings held last week in Montgomery by the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. The board granted parole to 31-year-old Brandi Nicole Womack and to Kenneth Ray Jackson, 37. Womack was released in 2015 after she had served three years of an Escambia County Circuit Court sentence handed down…
COVID-19 update
Another death, but only 21 new cases in past week By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Escambia County continued to slowly decline over the past week, as only 21 new cases were reported among county residents. The county’s death toll from the virus, however, climbed by one, to 24, and the total confirmed cases among county residents now numbers 1,323. Statewide, there was an increase…