Don Fletcher

Friday storm brings back memories of Hurricane Sally
This Harris Street home was one of dozens onto which trees and limbs fell during the storm. Debris from an outbuilding litters a farm field off Bell Fork Road. The area was one of the hardest hit during the Friday morning storm. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Thunderstorms, many of them violent, have been a constant in and around Atmore and the surrounding area for the past week. Forecasters say…
Felony arrests
Teacher charged with forgery, theft Pugh Arnold Coleman Carland Woods By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A Northview High School English teacher, who was also treasurer and bookkeeper for a Northwest Escambia (Fla.) Little League Baseball program at Bradberry Park, surrendered to Escambia County, Ala. authorities June 13 after an investigation that began in Florida determined she stole nearly $17,000 from the league’s bank account, then either cashed checks or used…
Parole denied for area sex offenders
Cunningham Butler By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Two sex offenders sentenced in Escambia County Circuit Court to life in prison with the possibility of parole — a Flomaton man and a man whose city of residence could not be determined — were each turned down for supervised release from prison after recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.The pair have spent a collective 78 years behind bars.Dewayne…
Diabetic distress?
Did drop in blood sugar spark public intoxication arrest? Angela White’s vehicle went over the curb in parking lot. White By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Editor’s note: The staff of Atmore News is in no way trying to discredit the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in this matter. Nor are we taking the side of the victim. An Atmore man whose wife was arrested recently by an unidentified deputy sheriff for…
8 straight hits
Local girl sets state softball tournament record Bradleigh poses with the team trophy after Blacksher won Area 1 title. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Bradleigh Stinson had no real idea when softball season began last year that she would spend some time on J.U. Blacksher School’s varsity roster as a 7th-grader. But she did.Neither did she have any real idea after she forged her way into the starting lineup this…